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My Take: Aarey in Mumbai, lakes in Bengaluru, water bodies in Chennai our battle for tomorrow's India

"The fracas over Mumbai's Aarey tree demolition reveals the hypocrisy of our political leaders. The prime minister [Narendra Modi] calls himself environment warrior, but his government in Maharashtra seems determined to cut thousands of trees..."

"The obsessive focus on a particular area and the haste with which trees were cut at nightfall leaves open the question: Are there developer interest involved with this protest...Aarey in Mumbai, lakes in Bengaluru, water bodies in Chennai, the ridge in Delhi is our battle for tomorrow's India."

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TVK leader C Joseph Vijay on Sunday took oath as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu amid a sea of supporters, his friends and family, and several political leaders. Eight other TVK leaders were sworn in besides him, as ministers in the new government. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also attended the ceremony. The TVK managed to secure the Governor's nod to form the government after the Congress, the CPI, the CPI(M), the VCK, and IUML extended their support to the Vijay-led party for a colaition government.