Months forward of the Assembly polls and per week after his go to to Madurai for Pongal celebrations and a Jallikattu occasion, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday launched what could also be his longest marketing campaign in Tamil Nadu with a roadshow in Coimbatore.
In his speeches, Gandhi was seen largely focusing on the BJP authorities on the Centre somewhat than the ruling AIADMK within the state.
The Congress chief’s three-day go to will cowl essential parts of the western Tamil Nadu districts, together with Coimbatore, Tirupur and Karur.
“You have a government in Tamil Nadu that is compromised. Narendra Modi uses agencies like CBI and Enforcement Directorate for this,” Gandhi mentioned, including that Modi can’t management the individuals of Tamil Nadu even when the federal government of Tamil Nadu is beneath his management. “Narendra Modi feels that he can buy anybody. He thinks he can frighten anybody. He does not understand that just because he is for sale does not mean Tamil Nadu is for sale,” he mentioned. Asserting that Nagpur — a reference to the RSS headquarters — can’t determine the way forward for Tamil Nadu, Gandhi mentioned the Tamil individuals will determine the state’s future.
Other than temporary public speeches en route, Gandhi’s marketing campaign plan, titled as “Rahulin Tamizh Vanakkam”, is full of a lot of interactions, together with with representatives of MSMEs in Coimbatore and industrial and different working class individuals in Tirupur. He can even go to memorials of regional, group leaders of the Kongu belt similar to Dheeran Chinnamalai who fought the British.
After conferences in Coimbatore, Gandhi stopped his convoy for tea at an strange cafe at Avinashi earlier than beginning his marketing campaign in Tirupur.
While Coimbatore additionally witnessed a roadshow by Chief Minister and AIADMK chief Edappadi Okay Palaniswami on Saturday, Gandhi invoked recollections of his household with Tamil Nadu. Addressing a gathering at Chinniyampalayam, he reminded the gang that they’d a loving relationship along with his grandmother and father. “You have given me so much love for which I am committed to you… That’s what made me come here now. I want to help you once again to build Tamil Nadu,” he mentioned.
The Congress chief mentioned, “I can see Tamil Nadu is India and India is Tamil Nadu unlike Modi-ji, who says Tamil Nadu is part of India but India is not Tamil Nadu. Narendra Modi disrespects Tamil Nadu. We will never allow disrespect towards Tamil people,” he mentioned.
During his lengthy interplay with totally different teams, together with MSME representatives and labourers, he criticised the GST system and the way industries had been affected by the tax coverage and demonetisation.