Former MLA (Madurai Central ('16-'26); TN Minister (Finance & HR '21-'23; IT & Digital Service '23-'26). Lovedale, Vikaasa, NITT, UB, MIT Sloan; Lehman, SCB

Madurai, India
𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗿: The entire Kumbabishegam ceremony today, has been directed by the current TVK Government through its Officers without considering any inputs from the Trustees. This has been done in direct contravention of both the relevant Tamil Nadu Acts & Statutes and of multiple rulings of the Madras High Court. I have been forwarded multiple social media posts this morning from devotees complaining of the lack of access to the event. While some of this may have happened under any government, the incumbent government must take full responsibility for today’s shortcomings, given their complete exclusion of the Trustees (who had experience with prior events)from the planning process, and decision to conduct the proceedings with Officers that had no prior experience of similar events. I am also duty-bound to note that over 95% of the massive efforts undertaken over the past three years to perform this unique renovation – which included the restoration of the fire-damaged Veera Vasantha Rayar Mandapam – were undertaken during the previous DMK Government’s tenure of 2021 to 2026.
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Deleted Muse after seeing this post on Threads about how it told some Facebook Marketplace sellers the guy’s address and they showed up at his door Dangerous and creepy This would have been 1000x worse if the person was a woman
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Must read speech by Justice AP Shah. “This is especially true when we find that formal institutions, such as courts, the press, or state agencies, grow quiet, or in the worst case, complicit. In such a case, the street becomes the venue where constitutionalism must converge. Dissent, particularly, becomes the oxygen that lets a nation breathe” thewire.in/rights/full-text-…
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இன்னும் 5 வருடத்தில் முழு திருடனா மாறிடுவானுங்க பாருங்க
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सुप्रीम कोर्ट बार एसोसिएशन के तीन बार अध्यक्ष रहे वरिष्ठ वकील दुष्यंत दवे ने भारत की न्यायपालिका को लेकर कई 'विस्फोटक' दावे किए हैं. उन्होंने कहा कि भारत में न्याय व्यवस्था ताकतवर लोगों के पक्ष में झुक गई है और ऐसी कार्यपालिका का समर्थन कर रही है जो पहले से ताकतवर हो गई है. दवे ने आरोप लगाया कि सुप्रीम कोर्ट में इतने भ्रष्ट जज रहे हैं, जिनकी गिनती भी याद नहीं. इसने न्याय व्यवस्था को बहुत नुकसान पहुंचाया है. thelallantop.com/india/post/… Corruption | Supreme Court
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BREAKING : Himanta Biswa Sarma totally lost the plot 10:00 AM -- Assam Police detains Ashutosh Ranka ahead of CJP’s meet-up 2:00 PM -- “Any good suggestion on education, even from CJP, is welcome. I am not going to play politics.” Unreal hypocrisy 😭
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What Palkhiwala said was not merely prophetic, but applies to the Judiciary today, apart from the ECI & other regulators
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Who is the TNEB minister ? Absolute incapable person. It was 6 hour power cut yesterday, and 1 hour in morning plus power out for an hour now and still not back today. State of Industrial area of Chennai.
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My mother was around 70 in 2002, and she passed away a few years later. So her age froze. 24 years later, I get an SIR notice saying me to explain how I am <= 15 years of my mother's age!! Extraordinary software checks they have.
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அவன் மாத்திரையை அவன் வாயிலேயே போட்டு தண்ணி ஊத்தி விடுவோம்...திருந்தட்டும்..
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The S&P 500 is 0.7% below a record high, yet 430 of those stocks are 21.7% below their highs. That means on average 86% of the stocks are in a bear market. Breadth has only been this bad twice, in January 1973 and in 1999/2000. On both occasions, the S&P then crashed nearly 50%
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மதுரையில் அரசு சட்டக் கல்லூரியில் பட்டமளிப்பு விழா.. விழாவில் மின்சாரத்துறை அமைச்சர் இருக்கிறார்.. ஆனால் மின்சாரம் தான் இல்லை.. மின்சாரம் இல்லாததை விட, அதற்குப் பிறகு வந்த விளக்கங்களில் தான் மின் துறையின் பல்பே பியூஸ் ஆகிறது.. விழா ஜெனரேட்டரில்தான் நடந்தது; ஜெனரேட்டரில் ஏற்பட்ட கோளாறுதான் காரணம் என அமைச்சர் சொல்கிறார்.. மின்வாரியத்தின் தரப்பிலோ மின் தடை என கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது.. வராத மின்சாரத்துக்கு விளக்கம் மட்டும் இரண்டு Phase-ல வருது.. ஜெனரேட்டர்தான் காரணம் என்றால் மின்வாரியம் ஏன் விளக்கம் கொடுக்க வேண்டும்? மின்வாரியத்தின் விளக்கம் சரி என்றால் அமைச்சர் சொன்ன ஜெனரேட்டர் கதை என்ன? இதற்கிடையில் மின்வாரியத்தின் பதிவு நீக்கப்பட்டதாகவும் கூறப்படுகிறது.. மின்சாரம் போனதற்குக் காரணம் கண்டுபிடிக்க முடியாவிட்டாலும் பரவாயில்லை… மின்வாரியத்தின் பதிவு எப்படிப் போனது என்பதையாவது கண்டுபிடித்துச் சொல்லுங்களேன்..
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🤦‍♂️Staggering Incompetence.....at least the TANGEDCO is better in the sense it doesn't lie when it knows it will get caught out...
Power outage at an event attended by EB Minister Nirmal Kumar TANGEDCO explanation Minister Nirmal Kumar explanation
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Single FDI deal, Japan MUFG Bank investment in Shriram Finance, accounts for 71% of TN total FDI that quarter. Deal itself was signed in December 2025. Remove that one transaction and the inflow falls to roughly ₹16,282 crore,compared with ₹22,902 crore in the same quarter last year.
முதல் இடத்தில் தமிழ்நாடு 🔥🔥🔥 கடந்த ஆண்டை விட இரட்டிப்பு வளர்ச்சி , மாகாராஷ்டராவை பின்னுக்கு தள்ளியது.
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#BREAKING | மின் துறை அமைச்சர் நிகழ்ச்சியில் மின்தடை #TNEB | #Electricity | #NirmalKumar | #MinisterNirmalKumar | #Madurai
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The software deciding who gets on India's electoral roll is a black box. ERONET was built by C-DAC, quietly handed to TCS, and the Election Commission hasn't said a word about audits, versions or updates. Even judges, ex-ministers and veterans are getting SIR notices. We're digging in with explainers, RTIs and questions to every body involved.
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So #BJP had spent more than ₹56 Crore after chartered aircrafts and road travel for leaders MINUS #PMModi’s - between April 2nd and May 3rd, 2026 for #BengalElection That’s the period when the Iran war was at its peak and the nation was told to adopt austerity measures.
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பால் கிடைப்பது இல்லை முட்டை தருவது இல்லை. சிக்கன் பிரியாணி போடுவதுதான் கனவு என அடிச்சு விடுவது, மாட்டுக்கறி போடலாமான்னு பரிசீலிக்கப்படும்னு குட்டையைக் குழப்பி விடுவதுன்னு.. வாயாலேயே வடை சுட்டு வித்துட்டு இருக்கு தவெக அரசு.
For the first time in 15 years, schools in a few TN districts served mid day meals without eggs. What a colossal administrative failure 🤦 Tamil Nadu has been the only state in India providing eggs on every school working day and this is where we are now 🚶
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Why is it always me? Whatever I do seems to become a controversy. From day one until today, even the simplest things become an issue. If I eat a burger, it’s an issue. If I cut my hair, it’s an issue. Every personal choice I make seems to be questioned and judged. Sometimes I wonder is it because I am a woman, or because I belong to a particular community? When it comes to me, I have no idea where the feminists and those who claim to stand up for women disappear. Women in politics are not characterless or any less deserving of respect. Being a woman in public life does not give anyone the right to judge her based on her appearance, lifestyle, or personal choices. Every woman has her own dignity, self-respect, and right to live her life on her own terms. Beyond the position of Mayor, please remember to respect the woman.
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Back to London on a warm Friday evening after a couple of productive and fun days in Paris The future is starting to shape up quite like my professional past...including frequent global travel😁
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🚨BREAKING : BJP & EC Brutally Exposed🔥 Lok Sabha 2024. Every booth fills a Form 17C. Exact count of votes polled. Real numbers. But the EC never put those numbers out. It gave us percentages. And days later, those percentages jumped by several points. Parties asked for data. Refused. In Haryana, the High Court ordered the EC to share poll documents. Within days, Modi govt changed the election rules so the public can't access CCTV and webcast footage anymore. Bro, think about it 😡 No digital voter list. No video. No booth-wise real counts. If the election was clean, why is every door being locked? 🔒🔥🔥
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