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Naming Game...TVK

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[h=1][/h][h=1]Sir,

His nick name is 'OPS'

TN's Panneer, the first chai-wallah to become chief minister
[/h] [FONT=&quot]O Panneerselvam is the first chai-wallah to become chief minister in the country.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]

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Gujarat's Narendra Modi, the better-known chai-wallah to become chief minister, followed Paneerselvam around a fortnight later in 2001.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]


[FONT=&quot]The parallel should end there, says N Sathiya Moorthy.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]I[/FONT][FONT=&quot]t is the second innings for O Panneerselvam, or 'OPS', to be named 'interim chief minister' of Tamil Nadu -- if that is the phrase -- and under near-similar circumstances.[/FONT]

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Whether he completes the chief minister's job until assembly polls become due in May 2016 or not would depend mostly on the future course of the 'disproportionate assets' case against ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief J Jayalalithaa, and a host of intra-party affairs between now and then.[/FONT]


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Whatever that be, Panneer, seen above, with J Jayalalitha, is the first chai-wallah to become chief minister of any state in the country. A graduate, he owned a tea-shop in his native Periyakulam in the hilly and scenic Theni district of Tamil Nadu.[/FONT]


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Gujarat's Narendra Modi, the better-known chai-wallah to become chief minister first and the nation's prime minister over a decade later, followed Panneer around a fortnight later in 2001 -- September 23, 1001, and October 7, 2001 respectively.[/FONT]




Read more: TN's Panneer, the first chai-wallah to become chief minister - Rediff.com India News


 
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