This Pongal, All Political Roads Lead To Tamil Nadu
RSS leader Mohan Bhagwat in Chennai these days to rejoice Pongal.
Chennai:
Tamil audio system rejoice their annual harvest pageant over the following 4 days starting these days. Coinciding with an identical revelries around the nation, equivalent to Bihu in northeastern India and Uttarayan in Gujarat, Tamil Nadu’s largest party comes simply months forward of the state’s meeting polls. No longer unusually, key leaders from around the political spectrum are set to mark their presence on the goings on.
RSS leader Mohan Bhagwat, as an example, is already in Chennai on a two-day seek advice from. These days, he introduced Pongal prayers on the Sri Kadumbadi Chinnamman Temple within the state capital’s Ponniammanmedu locality.
“Throughout his seek advice from, Bhagwat will take part in…Pongal celebrations. He’ll meet younger execs and start-up homeowners and likewise more likely to have interaction with dignitaries. As consistent with his regimen agenda, he’ll overview organisation’s paintings with native functionaries,” a press remark from the RSS mentioned previous this week.
Early this morning, High Minister Narendra Modi tweeted his normal needs in each English and Tamil.
Pongal greetings to all, particularly my Tamil sisters and brothers. This particular pageant showcases the most efficient of Tamil tradition. Might we be blessed with just right well being and luck. Might this pageant additionally encourage us to reside in solidarity with nature and extra the spirit of compassion.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 14, 2021
His party leader, JP Nadda, is scheduled to seek advice from Tamil Nadu these days to wait the Namma Ooru Pongal (Our Village Pongal), a state-wide programme, in Chennai.
The BJP is having a look to in any case come of the political desert in Tamil Nadu this election. Whilst it’s but to announce a proper alliance for the state polls, it did tie up with the AIADMK within the 2019 nationwide election.
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, in the meantime, is predicted to wait the preferred “Jallikattu” tournament in Madurai district. The Jallikattu custom, involving rampaging bulls, has a passionate following within the state. A couple of years in the past, the Superb Courtroom had banned the observe mentioning cruelty to animals, despite the fact that the Central executive later legalised it protecting Tamil sentiments in view.
அனைவருக்கும் எனது இனிய பொங்கல் நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்.
உங்களுடன் தைப் பொங்கல் கொண்டாட இன்று தமிழகம் வருகிறேன். மதுரையில் ஜல்லிக்கட்டு விழாவில் பங்கேற்கிறேன்.
Coming to rejoice Pongal with you in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. pic.twitter.com/CSUpyUHJaR
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) January 14, 2021
Mr Gandhi’s anticipated attendance on the tournament was once first introduced via KS Alagiri, the Congress’s Tamil Nadu leader. “The bull is a logo of farmers and a part of their lives,” he had mentioned previous this week, in line with PTI.
The Congress, despite the fact that a marginal participant within the state, is having a look to maximize its positive factors from its alliance with DMK, the primary opposition party within the state, which hopes to exchange the ruling AIADMK executive.
Each the DMK and the AIADMK will probably be preventing the approaching election with out their largest icons, M Karunanidhi and J Jayalalithaa, for the primary time in a long time.
