Congratulating J Jayalalithaa on her party winning consecutively second time in Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, The Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA) has urged her to help the state textile industry reach new heights.

In a statement, SIMA chairman M Senthilkumar appealed to the chief minister to help taking the textile industry to reach new heights giving focus for value addition and make Tamil Nadu as the hub for textile manufacturing and trade in the world map.

In his congratulatory message, Tirupur Exporters’ Association (TEA) president A Sakthivel said, “We are confident that with your pro-active measures and policies coupled with facilities and encouragement for implementation will help for overall growth of economy, particularly industry including exports.”

The landmark victory strongly demonstrated the popular support for Jayalalithaa’s pro-active and inclusive governance in the last five years, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Southern Region chairman Ramesh Datla said. CII looks forward to working closely with the Tamil Nadu government in realising the vision set out by the chief minister, he added.