Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday has begun his three-day visit to Tamil Nadu, where he launched the poll campaign of Congress for the state assembly elections later this year.
Mr @narendramodi has no respect for the culture, language & people of #TamilNadu. He thinks that Tamil people, language & culture should be subservient to his ideas & culture: @RahulGandhi in #Coimbatore pic.twitter.com/eLCBqUwcEY
— NewsMobile (@NewsMobileIndia) January 23, 2021
Taking to Twitter, the former Congress chief said that he is delighted to be back in Tamil Nadu. Gandhi further said that he along with his party will defend and preserve the unique culture of the Tamils against the attacks by the BJP-led Central government.
“I am delighted to be back in Tamil Nadu today to spend time with my Tamilian brothers and sisters in the Kongu belt. Together, we will defend & preserve the unique culture of the Tamils against the attacks by Modi govt,” Gandhi tweeted.
I am delighted to be back in Tamil Nadu today to spend time with my Tamilian brothers and sisters in the Kongu belt.
Together, we will defend & preserve the unique culture of the Tamils against the attacks by Modi govt. pic.twitter.com/LEl0Uxglbd
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) January 23, 2021
This is the second visit of the Congress leader to the state in a month. Meanwhile, preparations before his arrival are underway. Hoardings and banners have been put up in the city featuring the Wayanad MP.
Gandhi has reached Coimbatore airport at around 10:30 am. At 11 am, he will begin his interaction with representatives of MSME at Suguna Auditorium, Nehru Nagar, Kalapatti. He will also attend reception functions at three places in the city.
Gandhi will also go to Tiruppur district today where he will pay a floral Tribute to Tiruppur Kumaran at Tiruppur Kumaran Memorial.
He will also interact with Industrial Labourers at Ramasamy Muthammal Thirumana Mandapam, Tiruppur. On January 14, Gandhi was in Madurai to attend the traditional bull-taming sport — ‘Jallikattu’ — and celebrate Pongal.
Earlier on Friday, the Congress party said that it will have an elected president by June 2021. The Congress working committee (CWC) on Friday approved holding of internal elections after the assembly polls.
The CWC has decided that there will be a new elected Congress president in June 2021, KC Venugopal told reporters after a meeting of the party’s top decision-making body.