PM Modi likely visit to Chennai next week, BJP plans huge reception

Bharatiya Janata Party is planning a huge welcome for Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit likely next week in Chennai where he is likely to flag off Vande Bharat Express among other developmental programmes sources said on FridayPrime Minister is likely to visit Tamil Nadus capital Chennai where he will inaugurate the new terminal of Chennai Airport flag off the Vande Bharat Train and attend an event of the Ramakrishna Mission sources saidThe BJP is planning a massive welcome in which over 30000 people are expected to line up the streets to welcome the Prime Minister upon his arrivalState president Annamalai who is also the coincharge of pollbound Karnataka has been supervising all the arrangementsWe are also speaking to the concerned authorities if we can arrange for a public meetingmeeting where the PM can address the party workers while he is here in Chennai a state office bearer told ANI talking about the partys plans of arranging a public meetingAlso read Gujarat 24 detained for violence during Ram Navami processions in VadodaraPM Modi is the biggest face for the BJP as the saffron party looks to make inroads down South especially in Tamil Nadu he addedRecently the nomination of noted music maestro Ilayaraja to Rajya Sabha is an interesting indication in that directionPM Modi had spoken about the SaurashtraTamil Sangamam during the 99th edition of Mann ki Baat his monthly radio programmeAs a part of the exchange programme between Tamil Nadu and PM Modis home state Gujarat the SaurashtraTamil Sangamam is slated to take place between April 17 April 26 this year in SomnathAs per historians in 1024 Mohamed Ghazni raided the Kathiawar neighbourhood of Somnath People fled to various parts of the country including southern India The people essentially weavers stayed in Madurai and worked on silk robes for the royal families in Madurai under Thirumalai Naicker the King of Madurai from 1623 till 1669 They settled in Trichy Tanjore Kumbakonam Salem etc to name a few locations for over four centuries This has been one of the biggest connections between the two Indian states of Gujarat and Tamil NaduNotable personalities from Saurashtra in Tamil Nadu include Carnatic Music composer Venkataramana Bhagavathar freedom fighter NMR Subbaraman called Madurai Gandhi and actor Vennira Aadai Nirmala to name a fewAs per the data available out of 12 lakh Saurashtrian citizens settled in Tamil Nadu more than half reside in Madurai alone The rest are spread across Chennai Salem Thanjavur and Tirunelveli to name a fewThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever