Rahul to tour southern T.N. by the end of Feb.
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He will go to Kanniyakumari, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Thoothukudi and Virudhunagar districts
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi will go to Tamil Nadu at the end of February, his third go to to the State in two months, forward of the Assembly election.
Mr. Gandhi will go to the State on February 27, 28 and March 1 and can tour Kanniyakumari, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Thoothukudi and Virudhunagar districts, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president K.S. Alagiri mentioned on Monday.
To meet farmers
Mr. Alagiri mentioned Mr. Gandhi will meet farmers, industrialists, micro, small and medium enterprise entrepreneurs, fisherfolk and college students throughout the tour. He will handle public rallies throughout the go to, he mentioned.
On BJP State president L. Murugan’s remark that the upcoming election shall be a struggle between patriots and anti-nationals, Mr. Alagiri requested: “Who are the anti-nationals? Who are the patriots? From 1885, Indian National Congress leaders, led by Mahatma Gandhi, fought against the British and got Independence for our country. Did the Puucho Mahasabha or the RSS do even a small bit in this fight for Independence?” Mr. Alagiri questioned if any of the Jan Sangh or BJP leaders had taken half even in a single protest towards the Britishers and gone to jail for that.
He additional mentioned not like Mr. Gandhi who’s mingling with the folks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not seen to the widespread public throughout his go to on February 14 and was caught behind his safety cordon and stayed inside his automobile.
Mr. Alagiri additionally condemned the hike in the value of cooking gasoline that has now touched ₹785 per cylinder. “In the last eight months, the price of one cylinder has been increased by ₹220. Due to this, lakhs of women in households are going to suffer. The price of all commodities and essentials will go up,” he mentioned.
He additional identified that in 2014, below the UPA regime, the value of one cylinder was ₹412 and had since risen by ₹373 in the final six years.
He mentioned the Congress’ demand for the inclusion of the seven sub-sects of the Devendrakula Vellalar neighborhood below one identify was lastly victorious, although delayed.
He alleged that the farm mortgage waiver introduced by Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami was performed in a biased method.
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