Jaya mania continues in Tamil Nadu; Nokia-made 'Amma Mobile' to come soon
Now, supporters of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa want a mobile phone on her name.
According to reports, the trade union members of Nokia's Sriperumbudur plant want the former Chief Minister to lend a hand to the plant and roll out 'Amma' mobile phones from there.
"We will ask the State Government to take over the plant. They can produce mobile phones of international standards at price points as low as Rs 700 a piece and sell it through PDS shops or give them free," A Soundararajan, president of Nokia India Workers' Union and a CPM MLA from Perumbur in north Chennai was quoted as saying in a Times of India report.
The union members have suggested that the State Government should engage its IT arm ELCOT and devise plans for the takeover of the plant.
Nokia has recently announced suspension of production at its Sriperumbudur plant from November 1.
In the last one and half year, Jaya has introduced the Amma canteen, Amma mineral water, Amma Pharmacy, Amma salt, and Amma cement. Besides this, plans have already been in place to set up Amma Cinemas.
The
Amma
canteens
aimed
at
selling
food
at
cheaper
rates,
it
also
offer
tiffin
and
lunch
services,
Amma
packaged
water
bottles
are
sold
at
Rs
10
per
litre,
Amma
salt
in
which
subsidised
salt
is
available
in
three
varieties:
double
fortified,
refined
free
flow
iodised
and
low
sodium.
Also,
Amma
Pharmacy
chain
to
sell
medicines
for
weaker
sections
at
affordable
prices.
Undoubtedly,
brand
Amma,
which
has
its
roots
in
Jaya's
famous
wish
in
2001
that
'she
would
like
to
be
a
mother
to
all
Tamils',
is
fastly
emerging
as
the
mother
of
all
welfare
schemes.
Not
only
the
amma
scheme
provide
commodities
at
cheaper
prices
but
also
in
good
quality.
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