Joseph Vijay, Tamil Nadu’s superstar-turned-politician, has accomplished 100 days in workplace as Chief Minister after pulling off a stunning political upset in his electoral debut. So, how has he fared within the scorching seat? His shut confidante and minister, Aadhav Arjuna, provides an perception into the Chief Minister’s model of functioning.
In accordance with Arjuna, Vijay works for practically 20 hours a day, along with his day starting as early as 4 am with calls to ministers to hunt updates on their departments.
“Our chief is working for greater than 18 to twenty hours a day. He calls at 4 within the morning and asks what has occurred in each division. That’s the sort of CM we’ve got,” Arjuna stated whereas speaking at the India Today Tamil Nadu Conclave in Chennai.
He stated Vijay’s method since assuming workplace has been centered on figuring out the subsequent set of challenges and addressing issues throughout departments, relatively than resting on the electoral mandate he obtained.
“We’ve completely no vanity regardless of our CM turning into the Chief Minister. We wish to work for the folks,” Arjuna added.
Additional explaining Vijay’s model of functioning, the minister described the actor-turned-politician as a “political monk”, saying the Chief Minister remained centered on governance relatively than celebrating his electoral victory.
“After successful, I see him every day on the Secretariat. From the day he got here, he appeared like a political monk. What needs to be finished? What needs to be finished subsequent? What needs to be finished after that? There are such a lot of issues. What are the issues in each division? Notably corruption,” Arjuna stated.
The minister stated the Vijay authorities had, inside its first 100 days, moved to plug monetary leakages and convey larger transparency to authorities functioning. On the similar time, Arjuna acknowledged that corruption may nonetheless exist at decrease ranges, describing it as an issue that had continued throughout the official equipment for many years.
He stated the federal government was making an attempt to vary the system from the highest, with Vijay repeatedly telling officers that monetary leakages should cease and transparency should be maintained throughout authorities processes.
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