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Rahul Gandhi's Tamil Nadu Congress outreach

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In late July 2026, the Indian National Congress announced that opposition leader Rahul Gandhi would travel to Tamil Nadu on August 1 to attend the closing ceremony of a ten‑day training camp for newly appointed district presidents in Mamallapuram. The visit was framed as a move to energise party cadres after the Congress’s recent entry into the state government led by TVK and followed an earlier May trip for the swearing‑in of Chief Minister C Vijay. Gandhi’s arrival Mahabalipuram. Gandhi arrived in Chennai ~~was reported~~ on ~~July 31, where he participated in the valedictory session of the camp, part of~~ August 1, addressed the ~~party’s Sangathan Srijan Abhiyan. Senior state leaders highlighted discussions on~~ participants, and discussed electoral strategy, grassroots outreach and welfare‑scheme ~~delivery, underscoring~~ delivery as part of the party’s ~~effort to strengthen~~ Sangathan Srijan Abhiyan. He also warned that the central government’s proposed delimitation exercise could weaken Tamil Nadu’s parliamentary representation, calling it a BJP conspiracy and likening its ~~organisational base ahead~~ supporters to “21st‑century Ettappans”. Congress MP Sukhdeo Bhagat echoed the criticism, arguing that increasing the number of ~~upcoming local‑body~~ MPs would add a burden. The BJP responded sharply, defending the delimitation process as fair and ~~parliamentary elections.~~ accusing Gandhi of anti‑national rhetoric. Gandhi spent a few hours with district presidents and their families before returning to Delhi the same day.

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