Chennai sources have stated that Tamilnadu Chief Minister EK Palaniswami today said his government was working with the sole aim of public service by "smashing all hurdles before us." Sources have stated that in his address after unfurling the tricolor at Fort St. George in Chennai on the occasion of India's 71st Independence Day, the Chief Minister said his government's slogan was 'all-round development', inspired by late chief minister J Jayalalitha.
Meanwhile in his first Independence Day address as Chief Minister after taking over in February following a revolt in the AIADMK, Mr. Palaniswami recalled the contribution of freedom fighters from Tamilnadu and announced raising their pension from Rs 12,000 to Rs 13,000.
Sources have stated that the family pension provided to their kin would be hiked from Rs 6,000 to Rs 6,500, the Chief Minister said. "We are working with the sole aim of public service by smashing all the hurdles before us, with the slogan of all-round development," Mr. Palaniswami said, though he did not elaborate on the "hurdles". He said the state is a preferred investment destination, thanks to uninterrupted power supply, skilled labour and other favorable factors.
