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TVK government changes the name of free bus travel scheme for women

Summary by The Hindu
‘Mahalir Vidiyal Payanam’ has been renamed as ‘Magalir Payanam’. Metropolitan Transport Corporation buses sported ‘Magalir Payanam’ boards on Thursday. It’s an attempt to erase political identities, says Thangam Thennarasu

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When the DMK government was formed in 2021 and M.K. Stalin took charge as the Chief Minister, he announced the women's free bus travel scheme as his first signature. Following this, the scheme was implemented under the name of Women's Vidyal Payaan, and women are traveling free on city buses. In this situation, only the word Vidyal in the name of Women's Vidyal Payaan was removed from some buses and displayed as Women's Payaan. Various parties a…

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Nakkheeran, broke the news on Thursday, July 9, 2026.
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