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PM visit sets stage for AIADMK-BJP bonhomie
Trichy: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit and road show planned in Trichy on Sunday have set the stage for cadres and functionaries of AIADMK and BJP to smoothen out ruffles, if any, and work together ahead of the 2026 state assembly election.
As BJP cadres have been joining AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami's ongoing 'Makkalai Kappom, Thamizhagathai Meetpom' state-wide campaign, AIADMK has vouched to mobilise cadres for PM's road show scheduled on Sunday morning. Palaniswami met Modi at the Trichy airport on his arrival from Tuticorin. He was accompanied by former ministers S P Velumani, K P Munusamy, and Natham Viswanathan.
Modi is scheduled to take part in a commemorative event to mark Rajendra Chola's birth anniversary and 1,000 years of the king's maritime expedition to southeast Asia at the ancient Gangaikonda Cholapuram temple in Ariyalur district.
With the state poll less than a year away, the BJP has planned a rousing welcome for the PM.
While a chopper will fly the PM from Trichy airport to Gangaikonda Cholapuram temple, located about 110 km away, an 8km road show has been planned for the PM from the airport to the hotel where he will stay. "A reception point has been planned near Trichy corporation's main office with cadres from at least five BJP mandals greeting and welcoming the PM.
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AIADMK will take part in the road show too," said BJP Trichy urban district secretary (media) Sadesh Parameswaran.
Functionaries said the PM's road show will serve as a prelude to NDA's preparations for the assembly election and showcase the strength of the alliance.
AIADMK has erected banners at multiple spots in Trichy to welcome the PM with portraits of former party supremo J Jayalalithaa and Palaniswami along with pictures of their party founder M G Ramachandran and party idealogue C N Annadurai. "They (BJP) are participating in our campaigns, so ideally, we (AIADMK) should reciprocate. Banners and party flags have been erected on the road show route to welcome our PM," said AIADMK Trichy urban district secretary J Srinivasan.
"The bond between BJP and AIADMK is strengthening, and the roadshow will further improve it," said an AIADMK district level functionary.
