The government and government aided school students in Puducherry will get free breakfast under the scheme named after former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president Kalaignar M Karunanidhi, The scheme was launched at Jeevanandham Government Higher Secondary School on Thursday.
Puducherry DMK organisational secretary and MP RS Bharathi said the DMK is a party with gratitude which maintains relations with the party it supports as well as raises its voice to uphold rights. These principles have been protected by the former leader of the party M Karunanidhi. He thanked the Puducherry Chief Minister and the government for the scheme on behalf of party president M K Stalin, who he said could not be present due to certain commitments.
Across Puducherry around 80,000 students from 419 schools would benefit from the scheme after the schools reopen in the Union territory. Right now, 10,000 students from 106 schools would benefit from the scheme. CM said the funds to implement the scheme have already been allocated in the budget. Agriculture Minister holding Education portfolio R Kamalakannan, Welfare Minister M Kandasamy, Lok Sabha member V Vaithilingam, DMK conveners in the Union territory R Siva, MLA, SP Sivakumar and A M H Nazeem, and Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee President A V Subramanian were present in the function.
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