Stalin shares overwhelming support to breakfast scheme

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister MK Stalin shared his joy and satisfaction over the positive reception of the breakfast scheme. He shared a collage of tweets across professions that have welcomed this scheme.

The 'Kalai Unavu Thittam' was rolled out on Wednesday with a Government Order on the same was published. Stalin had earlier announced in the State Assembly on May 7 that the breakfast scheme would be introduced for children from Classes 1-5.

The scheme, inspired by the DMK's ideological predecessor Justice Party in 1920, envisages serving breakfast of up to 500 grams with millets and vegetables on the menu. The scheme's first phase would be implemented in 1,545 schools benefitting over 1 lakh children in the State.

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வயிற்றுக்கு நிறைவும் - செவிக்கு அறிவும் ஊட்டும் கனவுத்திட்டம், காலை உணவுத் திட்டம்!

திராவிடக் கொள்கைகளில் தோய்ந்து போன எனக்கு, முதலமைச்சராகப் பெருமிதம் தரும் திட்டம்!

இதன் வெற்றி நாட்டையே திரும்பிப் பார்க்க வைக்கும்! பிற மாநிலங்களிலும் பின்பற்றப்படும்! pic.twitter.com/jInoaASulN

— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) July 27, 2022

Cutting across parties, ideologies, and professions people have welcomed the announcement calling it a "pioneering scheme". Stalin who shared a collage of such tweets expressed satisfaction and happiness.

He said that the scheme endeavours to satiate physical hunger which would help satiate intellectual hunger. "Immersed in the Dravidian ideals, this scheme gives me immense satisfaction and pride as a chief minister," he wrote.

The success of this scheme will make the whole of India look towards Tamil Nadu, he added.