Chennai, Aug. 21 -- Sharp exchanges were witnessed in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Friday over Chief Minister Vijay's announcement to provide cars to all MLAs, with the Leader of the Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin saying DMK's 59 MLAs did notwant the vehicles amid the State's financial constraints.
Responding, Minister Aadhav Arjuna said cars for MLAs should not be viewed as a luxury and argued that financially weaker legislators needed government vehicles to visit their constituencies to carry out their duties effectively and meet the voters.
"Even if I have four cars, officials show respect only when I travel in a government car," Aadhav Arjuna quoted the Mannargudi MLA, who has since shifted to the ruling TVK after getting elected on AMMK...