Key Highlights
- However, the state unit leaders have denied such a possibility. The Congress also cautioned state leaders to maintain discipline and refrain from making statements, including on social media, on matters related to election strategy, the party said.
- High-Level Meet in Delhi Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge chaired a meeting at the party's Indira Bhawan headquarters in Delhi on Saturday that was attended by former party chief Rahul Gandhi, AICC general secretary in-charge organisation K C Venugopal, AICC in-charge of Tamil Nadu Girish Chodankar, state Congress chief K Selvaperunthagai, MPs P Chidambaram, Manickam Tagore, Karti Chidambaram, Jyothimani, V Vasanth, and Professionals' Congress chief Praveen Chakravarty, among others. In a post on X, Kharge said, "We held a key meeting with our leaders from Tamil Nadu.
- We are confident that the people of Tamil Nadu would choose equality, social justice, empowerment and good governance over bigotry, sectarianism, anti-federal and discriminatory politics of the RSS-BJP." The Congress is determined to play an important role in fulfilling the aspirations of the people of the state, he said. The party's top brass held a collective meeting with Tamil Nadu leaders as well as on a one-on-one basis, Venugopal told reporters after the meeting.
- Congress president Kharge and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi had a very detailed and fruitful discussion with senior party leaders from Tamil Nadu, he said."The leadership patiently listened to all leaders.
- The leaders were given full opportunity to freely express their views.
