Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay told the Assembly that his government would not “learn” corrupt practices, responding to criticism that the administration and its ministers “do not know how to govern.” He said a white paper on the state’s finances was released after the treasury was allegedly mismanaged by previous regimes.
Listing what his team “does not know,” Vijay said his ministers and MLAs do not know how to inflate tender rates, collect money for transfers or promotions, sell newly created posts, divert government revenue for personal use, or misuse temple funds. He added that the government is focused on public service and does not intend to understand or adopt wrongdoing.
Despite what he described as financial strain, Vijay said the government has waived agricultural cooperative loans worth Rs 5,932 crore. On power supply, he announced 10 high-level monitoring teams, 125 patrol vehicles to address outages, round-the-clock supervision, and plans to set up 77 new outage-response centres, promising that interruptions would be fully resolved soon.
On law and order, Vijay said the government is taking tough steps to protect women and curb drug trafficking, arguing the issues did not emerge after May 10 but have built up over years of neglect. He accused opposition parties of using the matter for slander politics and said the government is ready to listen to neutral, public welfare-focused criticism.
Vijay also stressed that the state is not a monarchy but a “conscientious democracy,” saying everyone has the right to question and criticise the government.
