Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin said on Friday that minorities in the country have never faced such challenges before and claimed that the situation is not permanent, saying that the forces that attempted to disrupt religious harmony will not be strong.
“Het hatred is being provoked in many states across India. Minorities in the country have never faced such challenges before. But this situation is not permanent. The forces trying to reduce religious harmony will not last long …” Stalin said while speaking in the centenary celebrations of the Good Shepherd Convent.
The Chief Minister recalled the long struggles faced by minorities in earlier times and emphasized the need for harmony and unity.
Addressing the students, Stalin urged them to gain knowledge in science and use the best of all learning opportunities available for them.
“Don’t look for a role model on Instagram. What you see in reel is not reality,” he advised students. Marks and degrees will always be a source of pride. Students should actively participate in sports and additional activities to ask parents to be suited to modern technology and to stay favorable with their children, “he said.
He appealed to the parents to adapt to modern technology and maintain friendly relations with their children.
Earlier in the day, CM submitted appointment orders for the recruitment of 644 medical personnel, as stated in a release.
Chief Minister Stalin, along with his son, Deputy Chief Minister Udayanidhi Stalin, presided over a special ceremony organized by the Department of Health and Family Welfare at Presidency College campus, Chennai.
During the incident, Chief Minister MK Stalin distributed appointment orders to 644 candidates selected through Medical Services Recruitment Board and Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission for various posts of Health Department.
The appointments included 182 Assistant Medical Officer in the Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medical, 48 dentists in the Directorate of Medical and Rural Health, 324 theater assistants in the Directorate of Medical Education and Research, and 1 skilled Assistant Grade-II in the Tamil Nadu Health Transport Department.
Additionally, 18 assistant professors of clinical psychology and medical psychologists at the Directorate of Medical Education and Research, 17 drug inspectors in the Directorate of Drug Control, and 54 Block Health Statistics in the Directorate of Family Welfare were appointed. (AI)