Former Minister M.R.K. Panneerselvam sparks lively exchanges in Tamil Nadu Assembly

He says that in the past, he would relax only after 8 a.m. because his leader, Kalaignar  [M. Karunanidhi], would call him up early in the morning. “You [the Ministers] seem very relaxed,” he says. Minister for Water Resources N. Anand responds that Mr. Vijay will call him up and other Ministers even about repairing a vaikal (canal) and ask whether the work has been completed