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Rahul Gandhi Meets Vijay Ahead of Chennai Student Outreach Event
Rahul Gandhi met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay at Vijay’s home in Chennai.
They talked for about an hour about political issues.
Reports said they later went to a nearby cafe and had drinks and desserts.
Gandhi then went to a hotel.
He was scheduled to attend a student event called Chhatron Ki Goonj.
The event was planned for Island Grounds.
People needed QR-code registration to enter.
A police official said the general public would not be allowed in.
Rahul Gandhi met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and TVK president C. Joseph Vijay at Vijay’s Neelankarai residence on Saturday, October 10.
The meeting lasted about an hour, and the leaders discussed political issues, according to sources cited in the reports.
Reports said they later visited a nearby cafe, where the menu included cappuccino, tiramisu, cookies and coffee.
Gandhi then went to a Chennai hotel and was scheduled to attend the Chhatron Ki Goonj youth outreach event at Island Grounds.
Entry to the event was restricted to people with QR-code registrations; reports also described gender-separated entry corridors and exclusion of the general public.
- Who
- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and TVK president C. Joseph Vijay.
- What
- They met and discussed political issues; Gandhi was scheduled to attend the Chhatron Ki Goonj student outreach event.
- Where
- Vijay’s residence in Neelankarai, Chennai; the planned event was at Island Grounds.
- When
- Saturday, October 10; the year is not specified.
- Why
- The reports say they discussed political issues. Gandhi was in Chennai for the student outreach programme.
Key facts
- Meeting duration
- About one hour
- Meeting location
- C. Joseph Vijay’s residence in Neelankarai, Chennai
- Reported cafe menu
- Cappuccino, tiramisu, cookies and coffee
- Planned event
- Chhatron Ki Goonj (Maanavargalin Kural), a youth outreach programme at Island Grounds
- Event registration
- Entry required QR-code registration, according to the reports
- Expected attendance
- Congress MP Manickam Tagore said more than 100,000 students had registered or were expected to attend
- Campaign context
- The Chennai event was described as the sixth chapter of Congress’s nationwide student outreach campaign
Quotes
Manickam Tagore
Congress MP who discussed student registration and entry requirements for the event.
“This time he's coming for a student interaction program in Tamil Nadu, where tonight in the evening he's going to address the students of Tamil Nadu. More than a lakh students, one lakh students have registered on the online QR code registration. Without a QR code, we are not going to allow anybody. And there are restrictions we have put on those selection processes also, who are going to be the students who are going to be entering here.”
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