AIADMK splits party districts
Chennai (PTI): The AIADMK on Wednesday split select party districts, aligning them with Assembly constituencies, and promoted leaders including former Minister A Anwar Raja to higher positions.
Ranipet district was bifurcated into Ranipet East and West and Tiruvannamalai and Thanjavur were divided into four party districts each. Significantly, former MLA, L Jayasudha has been appointed district secretary of Tiruvannamalai central district and a key party unit would be helmed by a woman leader after a long time, according to party sources.
In a party release, AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami said the changes were considering administrative convenience.
Also, party's Theni and Tirunelveli districts were bifurcated. All the new party districts have two Assembly constituencies under their ambit while Tirunelveli rural has three Assembly segments.
Each party district will be helmed by a district secretary and S M Sugumar (Ranipet East) and S Ramachandran (Tiruvannamalai East) are among the new appointees.
Former MP and ex-Minister, A Anwar Raja who rejoined the party last month, Royapuram Mano, a former Congress leader who joined the party in 2020 are among the new organisation secretaries.
S Abdul Raheem (former Minister, Tiruvallur south district) is minorities wing secretary and former legislator, I S Inbadurai (Tirunelveli suburban district) is named advocates wing secretary.
Madurai based former MLA, Dr P Saravanan who joined the party in January this year is appointed the medical wing secretary. He had been with the DMK and BJP.
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Understand the difference: Rahul takes dig at govt over Trump's remarks
New Delhi (PTI): In the backdrop of US President Donald Trump's recent remarks on his ties with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and tariffs, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took a swipe at the government and posted an old video in which he had talked about how in 1971 then PM Indira Gandhi had withstood pressure from America.
Trump on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Modi is "not that happy with me" because of the tariffs imposed by Washington on Delhi for its purchases of Russian oil.
Trump, delivering remarks at the House GOP Member Retreat, also claimed that “Prime Minister Modi came to see me, ‘Sir, may I see you please’. Yes."
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"I have a very good relationship with him. He's not that happy with me because you know they're paying a lot of tariffs now because they're not doing the oil, but they are, they've now reduced it very substantially, as you know, from Russia,” Trump said.
In a post on X, Gandhi said, "Farq samjho, sir ji!"
The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha shared his own old video in which he had alleged that Prime Minister Modi "surrendered" after a call from US President Trump during the India-Pakistan military conflict.
Gandhi had also said that the then prime minister Indira Gandhi didn't budge in the 1971 war despite the US sending its Seventh Fleet. "This is the difference," Gandhi had said.
Sharing a video of Trump's remarks, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh also took a swipe at the prime minister.
"From Namaste Trump to Howdy Modi to Donald bhai and now this. What next?" Ramesh said on X.
Trump has imposed 50 per cent tariffs on India, including 25 per cent for its purchases of Russian oil.
The US president also said that India told him it has been waiting for five years for the Apache helicopters.
“We're changing it. We're changing it. India ordered 68 Apaches,” he said.
The Congress on Monday had also taken a swipe at the government over Trump's remarks that Washington can raise tariffs on New Delhi "very quickly", saying all those "Namaste Trump, Howdy Modi events, forced hugs", and social media posts hailing the American leader have done very little good.
The opposition party's dig had come after Trump said Prime Minister Modi knew he was not happy with India's purchases of Russian oil and that Washington can raise tariffs on New Delhi "very quickly".
