Voice of Article 51A
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@SocioKumar
Championing citizenship duties for a stronger Tamil Nadu. Exposing civic fails, celebrating wins. Join the integrity movement! #Article51A #ChennaiRising
At a time when the world is already worried about #ArtificialIntelligence taking over jobs, TVK leader #TVKVijay is proposing a separate ministry for AI. We once welcomed automation and robots, but today they've already replaced humans in places like hotels, resorts, and even television production. Now, AI is rapidly becoming an alternative to many roles currently done by humans. If this growth continues unchecked, sectors like IT could be heavily impacted. In that context, introducing a dedicated AI ministry feels less like progress and more like putting our own people's jobs at risk. I'm not sure who advised this move, but it could create serious concerns among IT professionals and young job seekers. Instead of confidence, it may increase fear and raise doubts about the party's agenda. @TVKVijayHQ @TVKHQ_Chennai @BussyAnand @AadhavArjuna @JhonArokiasamy
None who speak for change will say what caused these issues and the same people will ask you to vote for the very party that created all these problems 🤷 ULB election happened after a decade 💀
I want to restrict myself to the separation of powers segment in @ptrmadurai's post. He is constitutionally correct that civic functions belong to local bodies. But constitutional text and #TamilNadu's ground reality are two different things entirely. A thread on what the 74th Amendment actually promised & what was delivered. 1/11
Of course...that is SOFT power; NOT Constitutional right or Duty. The extent of such soft power is a function of many variables...too many to discuss now The maximum impact an MLA can have on the Corporation in my experience, is when there isn't an elected council ('16 - '22).
Stop playing the victim card. A few questions: 1) Is maintaining roads the responsibility of the State Government or the Local Body (Madurai Corporation)? I'll make it easy for you, it is the Local Body (Madurai Corporation). 2) When Federalism is a core principle of our party, how can be be two-faced, like many of you "freelance journalists". Just as we condemn the Union interfering in our State Govt, State MLA's & Ministers should NOT interfere in the Local Bosy, unless in exceptional situations. So why am I asked to take responsibility for the performance, or lack thereof, of the Madurai Corporation? 3) Leaving that aside, is P. T. Rajan road - whose condition you bemoan - even in my Constituency? I'll make it easy for you - it is not. So why do you use it's condition to condemn my capabilites or performance? 4) So....you condemn my performance as an MLA or Minister, based on a road not in my Constituency, and whose maintenance is related to the Madurai Corporation, not my role at all. 5) Were you, and are you still not, following the template of wild accusations of the unwitting Candidate in my Constituency, who has no idea of the Constitutional separation of roles and responsibilities? (Those seeing this post, please check this person's timeline). 6) Do you know that steps I took as FM (6th State Finance Commission related, among others) have helped Madurai Corporation (indeed all local bodies) double Annual Revenues? Does that it make it more likely that they can improve infrastructure like roads, or not? Of course the answer is yes. Why did you not give me any credit for it? 7) Would it not be an abuse of power to direct the Madurai Corporation to prioritize a road named after my grandfather? 8) Are you in regular contact with the infamous press broker Parthiban Kumar, who is engaged in the aforementioned candidate's media management campaign? Anyway, it is not worth having any further conversation with you...let's go our separate ways...
