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Convoys hit city roads

S. Sundar

THINK OF SPENT FUEL: A section of vehicles that thronged the Collectorate during Minister M.K. Stalin's visit to Madurai on Tuesday. — Photo: G. Moorthy

Madurai: All of a sudden, the Madurai Collectorate wore a festive look on Tuesday. Hundreds of vehicles entered the premises as the Local Administration Minister, M.K. Stalin, held a review meeting of development works in local bodies.

Apart from Government officials, hundreds of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party men thronged the premises to meet their leader. So many were the vehicles seen inside the campus that many regular visitors found not much space to park theirs.

Same was the case when the Minister went around the city to inspect certain civic works. The motorcade had at least a score of motorbikes speeding ahead of the Minister's car, which was followed by more than 30 vehicles. Even the Minister's advice to the cadres not to unnecessarily follow him did not help.

All this when the DMK's allies, the Left parties, had organised dharnas and auto-rickshaw drivers and truck operators observed a token strike to protest the price revision of petroleum products.

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