On her first day back at work, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today signed a Rs 1800 crore road development project and ordered a Rs 100 crore employment training scheme for families headed by women.
She also launched 201 Amma canteens across the state. Amma canteens are low-cost eateries, a pet project of Ms Jayalalithaa, which was launched in 2013. Fluffy idlis cost just Rs 1 each; sambar rice Rs 5 and curd rice Rs 3.
Ever since Ms Jayalalithaa was forced to stand down as chief minister after being found guilty last September in a corruption case, the opposition in Tamil Nadu has accused O Panneerselvam, who replaced Ms Jayalalithaa as the chief minister, of failing to run the government properly. Not only was there a policy paralysis during his tenure, governance also became a casualty, the Opposition has said.
"The fall began much earlier and the state has gone behind many states in development," DMK leader TKS Elangovan said.
Ms Jayalalithaa, one of the country's most powerful politicians, returned on Saturday as chief minister of Tamil Nadu, less than a fortnight after the Karnataka High Court a court acquitted her in a corruption case.
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