CM M K Stalin leaves on 18-day tour of US

Chief Minister M K Stalin left on an 18-day official tour of the United States of America to meet potential investors and head honchos of a slew of Fortune 500 companies in San Francisco and Chicago cities with a view to enriching the industrial scene in the State through fresh investments and generating more employment for the benefit of future generations of Tamils.

Speaking to the media at the airport, where he was seen off by his ministerial colleagues, MPs, MLAs, party leaders, functionaries and cadre who had come in large numbers, Stalin said that he had received information that there was a heavy rush of investors evincing interest in meeting him in the US with a view to starting new ventures in the State.

So, he was not sure if he would be able stick to the schedule and return home on September 14, he said. However, on his return he would give details of whom he met and who all had agreed to make investments, he said.

Earlier in the day, he visited the memorials of former Chief Ministers C N Annadurai and M Karunanidhi and also met several dignitaries, including TVS group chairman Venu Srinivasan and his wife, TAFE chairperson, Mallika Srinivasan, who had called on him during the day to greet him.