Overview
- Rahul Gandhi visited Chennai and went on to Mamallapuram to preside over the valedictory session of a 10-day Sangathan Srijan Abhiyan training camp for District Congress Committee presidents.
- TNCC leaders framed the programme as strictly organisational and said Gandhi was not in Chennai to meet the state chief minister.
- Gandhi held extended, face-to-face sessions with district presidents and their family members as part of the camp’s aim to strengthen grassroots leadership and local party capacity.
- He received a warm reception on arrival at the Chennai airport but a brief rush by supporters led to a minor scuffle that required police intervention and left one person reportedly fallen.
- Party organisers arranged for Gandhi to meet parents of four students from Coimbatore and Salem linked to NEET-related deaths, a move that keeps the party engaged on a sensitive local issue while it rebuilds its district network.