'I happily pass on the title of scientific minister to my brother Senthil Balaji,' says an AIADMK ex-minister who바카라d once been the butt of jokes. Why? Call it Squirrel Power!
It appears that a DMK government and power cuts are inseparable. When power disruptions suddenly became more frequent across Tamil Nadu after the DMK assumed charge, the Opposition immediately carped: 바카라We said so!바카라 The reference was to the previous DMK government바카라s abysmal record of power cuts during 2006-11, which the AIADMK had contrasted with its own record of outage-free administration for a decade.
On the back foot, electricity minister V. Senthil Balaji바카라who had defected from AIADMK to AMMK to DMK바카라blamed the power cuts on squirrels short-circuiting the lines by running over non-insulated transmission cables and transformers. Also, the minister attributed the blackouts to poor maintenance of lines and transformers over the past year when AIADMK was in power. But it was his reference to the cheeky squirrels (called anil in Tamil) that triggered a spate of memes and jokes on social media. One wag even made the squirrel the centre of TNEB바카라s logo instead of high power transmission towers, while a few others suggested he should call himself 바카라Anil바카라 Balaji hereafter.
Not to be put down, minister Balaji recalled how a high court judge made spot visits to check if squirrels can cause power outages by running over transformers. The judge was hearing a case for compensation from the electricity board after a villager바카라s son died in an accident caused by squirrels getting electrocuted on a transformer. 바카라Even in the US squirrels are cited as a major cause of power disruptions,바카라 Balaji argued.
Balaji바카라s discomfiture came as a huge relief for Sellur K. Raju, a minister in the previous AIADMK government who was ridiculed for floating thermocol sheets on a reservoir to reduce evaporation.
바카라I happily pass on the title of scientific minister to my brother Senthil Balaji,바카라 quips Raju.