Chennai: BJP patriarch L.K. Advani and its president Rajnath Singh will visit Tamil Nadu on April 18 and campaign for the NDA candidates in the state. Their tour itinerary is yet to be finalised. Besides them, other senior leaders including M. Venkiah Naidu and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi would hit the campaign trail in the state soon.
“There is intense focus from the national leadership on Tamil Nadu in reaching every nook and corner and this is our campaign objective. The tour managers of the leaders were also working out options on alliance party leaders sharing the dais with those from the BJP,” says party national general secretary P. Muralidhar Rao.
Speaking to reporters here on Saturday he claimed that a possible BJP-led government after the polls would be sensitive to the issues concerning Tamil Nadu and its people, particularly industrialisation and employment. In addition, the Sri Lankan Tamils’ issue and instances of attacks on Indian fishermen by the Lankan navy would also grab the attention, he added.
On Narendra Modi’s visit on Sunday he said that it would be his first visit to the state after the declaration of the NDA in Tamil Nadu last month for this Lok Sabha election.
