By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: March 5 2018 9:40 pm Chennai: Superstar Rajinikanth who has announced his intent to contest the assembly polls waves at his fans after unveiling a statue of former chief minister and his super-senior in the film industry MG Ramachandran at the Dr MGR Educational and Research Institute in Chennai on Monday. (PTI Photo) Related News Have come to fill vacuum in Tamil Nadu politics: RajinikanthI am entering politics to fill the vacuum left by Jayalalithaa says RajinikanthMaking of 2.0 VFX video: Compared to 2.0 Endhiran will look like a teaser says Srinivas MohanTamil superstar Rajinikanth on Monday made his political intentions clear saying the demise of Jayalalithaa and deteriorating medical condition of DMK chief M Karunanidhi has left a big vacuum in south Indian politics and that he aims to fill that void. Making his first public speech at MGR university a month after announcing his decision to join politics the actor hit out at the politicians for failing to do their job properly. The politicians ask why actors are entering politics. We don t enter the film industry they say. I am not talking about other people I am speaking for myself. I am doing my job well. But are the politicians doing it properly said Rajinikanth who earlier in the day unveiled a statue of late Chief Minister M G Ramachandran at a private medical college in Chennai. People ask me why I didn t enter politics when Jayalalithaa was alive. They question me if I exploited the vaccum in politics. There is a vaccum. There is a space for a good leader. Nobody can argue that Jayalalithaa was a great leader. Nobody could question her leadership. On the other hand there was Karunanidhi on the other hand. There were great leaders. He is also now not well. There is a space for a good leader and I coming to fill that space said the veteran actor who was greeted by a huge crowd. ALSO READ |
http://www.great-quotes.com/user/arfplayer Highlights: I am entering politics to fill the vacuum left by Jayalalithaa says Rajinikanth Prior to the event there had been a widespread speculation on whether the Tamil actor would reveal some of his political plans especially after his contemporary and Makkal Neethi Mayyam (MNM) founder Kamal Haasan announced his agenda last month. Talking about MGR Rajinikanth said he was enamoured by the late actor s onscreen and offscreen life. He added that he cannot become another MGR but definitely serve the people as he did. Nobody can become another MGR. It would be foolish to think that one can become so. But I believe that the good governance and the people s rule he provided can be done by me as well said Rajinikanth. The actor argued that politics is not easy but asserted that it can be done honestly. I don t expect a red carpet welcome but why do you mock me? Let us stop such derogatory politics. I know it is a path ridden with thorns. People ask me what anmeega arasiyal is. I have said politics which doesn t look at caste colour or show any discrimination. Politics which is honest and with integrity that is Anmeega Arasiya. He also responded to people asking about his political ideology. The young reporter had asked me about my ideology even before I announced my plunge into politics. It is equal to expecting an wedding invitation when the groom is just going to see the bride. This was Rajinikanth s first major public engagement since he revealed his political intentions on December 31 2017. The superstar had then announced that he will join politics and field candidates in all 234 Assembly segments in the next general elections. For all the latest India News download Indian Express App Get assembly election result LIVE updates from each constituency in Tripura Nagaland and Meghalaya IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd More Related News After Kaala Rajinikanth-Shankar s 2.0 teaser gets leaked Are new-gen directors the answer to our Kollywood stars stereotype woes? Tags: Rajinikanth Senthil CMar 6 2018 at 5:39 amDear Sir You talk about filling in the leadership vacuum - isnt leadership is about standing upto what you believe is right and not about filling any vacuum?. You talk about corruption free state through spiritual politics and You talk about how great Jayalalitha and Karunanidhi are- Isnt it contridictory that you admire DMK and ADMK and yet you say that you will stand upto corruption. Isnt your starting point itself is wrong? You talk about politicians not doing their - Totally agreed. But you admired the same politicians who rotted this state. How diffe you will be if your admiration is such low integrity people. Sir you have to determine what you stand up for. Changing color depending on situation is not leadership its called opportunist. People follow leaders and not opportunist. The state is already a laughing stock dont make it even worst. we love your stunt in cinema cant take it in real world.(3)(3) Reply SSpashtavaktaMar 6 2018 at 5:35 amI wish so much vacuum should generate in Politics that all the present leaders should get sucked in and vanish forever! Then only the Indian people can have Achhe Din !(0)(0) Reply MmgorigantiMar 6 2018 at 4:25 amBe as big as you talk not a regional territorial small time short sighted regional goons (teritorial street dogs) like dmk AIADMK likes(0)(0) Reply JJSRMMar 6 2018 at 4:09 amWhat modi does. What ever government receive goes to the poeple in the form of projects and schemes with out percentage cut. This was not there in manmohan/Sonia governence. The world terms Modi as good governance Going by the past experience in Tamilnadu good governance was in Vogue during Rajaji Bhakta Kamaraj Anna and MGR. Whereas the Dravidian governance was siphoning cut in the government revenue . If Rajini will follow the good governance route he will be the ruler for ever and TN will be green and golden(2)(2) Reply Muthu PerumalMar 6 2018 at 2:15 amRajini sir I liKe you but don t come political.we need youngsters politician.you not eligible.i suggest Dr. Anbumani he is good candidate of CM post and he is a Tamilan. Vazhka Tamil.(1)(4) Reply Load More Comments
CHENNAI: Paytm on Monday launched Paytm for Business app for all merchants and business partners accepting Paytm at their offline stores in Tamil Nadu. Available in more than 10 regional languages the app (available Play Store) allows Paytm s three lakh strong merchant-base in Tamil Nadu to track payments instantly navigate through past collections and track settlements made to their bank accounts. This will ensure business owners are instantly on-boarded and start accepting payments at zero additional fee. Merchants will now have instant access to their QR print it and put it up in their shops. Customers can scan this QR to pay using their Paytm Wallets or their UPI linked bank accounts. Paytm for Business is an app for all merchants to start accepting payments digitally and instantly view their transactions without the need to wait for a confirmation SMS or e-mail. Merchants can check the details of every transaction download daily weekly and monthly statements and gain access to information like estimated time of bank settlement UTR numbers of daily bank settlement among other things. It also allows merchants to share their QRs with customers when they are not at the shop. Merchants can also browse common concerns raise new tickets view their existing support ticket and get priority access to Paytm s dedicated Merchant Helpdesk. Kiran Vasireddy COO Paytm said Paytm has enabled every Indian merchant to accept digital payments for the first time. Our Paytm for Business app is yet another step towards simplifying payments for the country s vast and diverse business community. It will make managing business simpler for our partnered merchants and offer them the peace of mind that comes with having a one-stop destination for everything from day-wise settlement summary to priority assistance. We are confident this will add to the convenience of accepting Paytm at an offline store by increasing transparency and trust among our merchants in Tamil Nadu.
COIMBATORE : Only 23% of urban households in Tamil Nadu have access to sewerage connection data during 2015-2016 submitted by the state government to the ministry of housing and urban affairs shows. Puducherry and Karnataka fare better with 55% and 48% coverage respectively. Minister of state for housing & urban affairs Hardeep Singh Puri had submitted the data in Rajya Sabha in reply to a question on the implementation of Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (Amrut). Meanwhile state government officials blamed the lack of funds and limited coverage of the underground sewerage schemes (UGSS) as one of the major reasons for the situation. Most of the schemes implemented in urban local bodies are area specific. None of the schemes have covered the cities completely. That could be one of the reasons for the limited coverage a senior official said adding that UGSS cover only 33 towns and cities in Tamil Nadu that come under the Amrut scheme. Also various factors including availability of water sources and infrastructural requirements affect the implementing the UGSS scheme the officials said. Nearly Rs 12 000cr-worth projects will be implemented under Amrut and cities such as Chennai Coimbatore Kumbakonam Tirunelveli Vellore and Trichy will get sewage treatment plants and house service connections said an official. Commissioner of municipal administration G Prakash said that by June several projects will be completed and the coverage will increase. Apart from Chennai 47 lakh households come under various UGSS areas. Nearly 5.5 lakh of them have already received underground connection and three lakh more households will get them within a year. The percentage has gone up since 2015 and will improve further he said. When asked about the delay in implementing the Amrut scheme Prakash said that the department receives only Rs 6 000cr from the central and state governments. We had to raise funds from the Asian Development Bank and local bodies for the work he said. However social activists pointed out sluggish implementation and lack of political will as the major reasons for the poor coverage. A case in point is the sewage treatment plant at Ukkadam in Coimbatore that can treat 70 million litres per day. Instead of the one lakh connections that the plant is supposed to have only 32 000 households have been connected to it. To get a connection one needs to pay bribe at every level. That is one of the primary reasons why people do not apply for the connections. Also the charges are very high as the deposit amount as per the property tax is much more. There is also a delay in setting up sewage treatment plants which have been in the pipeline since 2008. Proper utilisation of funds from the central government is also not happening said secretary of the Coimbatore Consumer Cause K Kathirmathiyon.
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