Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday held a roadshow in Tamil Nadu’s Chennai, ahead of the general elections. The roadshow was held at Thiyagaraya Road in the city’s T Nagar locality.
The Prime Minister was accompanied by BJP state president K Annamalai and the party’s candidates for South Chennai, Central Chennai, and North Chennai during the roadshow.
Tamilisai Soundararajan has been fielded from South Chennai while Vinoj P Selvam and RC Paul Kanagaraj received the party’s ticket from Central Chennai and North Chennai, respectively.
The Prime Minister was seen holding a lotus, standing atop a decorated car. While holding the symbol of the BJP, PM Modi was waving it to the crowd as he travelled through the city.
A large number of people gathered on both sides of the road to get a glimpse of the Prime Minister and gave him a thunderous welcome. BJP flags were used to adorn the route through which PM Modi’s convoy passed. BJP supporters were seen waving them enthusiastically.
Notably, the party has no representation from Tamil Nadu in the outgoing House.
All 39 seats of Tamil Nadu will vote in the first phase of the general elections on April 19 and the counting of votes, along with those from other phases, has been scheduled for June 4.
In 2019, the DMK swept the Lok Sabha polls in the state, winning 23 Lok Sabha seats. Its ruling ally, Congress, bagged 8 seats, mining 12.9 per cent of the total votes polled, while the CPI won two seats. CPI (M) and IUML won one seat each while the remaining two seats went to Independents.
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