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Vijay govt on rechristening spree: Breakfast scheme named after late Cong stalwart Kamaraj

Chennai, July 22 (UNI) Erasing the credits of the previous government of political rivals is nothing new in the Dravidian heartland, and the Vijay government appears to be no exception, as it is on a rechristening spree of schemes introduced by the DMK government of Stalin.
Expanding the ‘Chief Minister’s Breakfast Scheme’ in primary schools, introduced by the earlier DMK government, up to the eighth class, the Vijay government has renamed it ‘Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Breakfast Scheme’, after the late Chief Minister and Congress stalwart. Under the scheme, breakfast was served to students of Class 1 to 5 to prevent hunger and easing the burden of working women. It was now been extended for students of Classes 6 to 8, in all the government and government-aided schools in the state.
To be launched by the Chief Minister on September 17, the birth anniversary of social reformer and Dravidian icon EV Ramasamy ‘Periyar’—one of the philosophical leaders of Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)—it would benefit over 15 lakh students in
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