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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday morning reached Assam and kicked off her two-day visit to poll-bound Assam by offering prayers at the famous Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati.
The 49-year old AICC general secretary was accompanied by the party's Assam in-charge Jitendra Singh. She was received at the Lokpriyo Gopinath Bordoloi Airport in Guwahati by state unit chief Ripun Bora and other party leaders.
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Clad in a red outfit, the prevalent colour symbolising Shakti, the Congress leader said that she wanted to visit the temple for long and 'her wish has come true'.
'I sought blessings for myself, my family and above all for the people of Assam,' she told reporters.
She halted at Jalukbari area, where Congress supporters felicitated her, before proceeding to the Shakti Peeth atop Nilachal Hills.
Asked about the forthcoming elections in the state, she said she will talk later about politics.
'I come to temples to seek blessings and offer thanks to the God who has given me a lot,' she added.
Earlier, the Congress leader posted on her Facebook page, 'Today I will start my two-day Assam tour by visiting Maa Kamakhya Devi. I will take part in the dialogue with the sisters-brothers and party workers of Assam on many important issues.'
Bora said that entire Assam is 'looking forward to her two-day visit and the enthusiasm is evident'.
'Her visit, which further fuels hope in the heart of every last person in Assam, deceived by lies and fake promises in these five years, of a new dawn of progress awaiting the state under Congress rule,' Bora tweeted.
After visiting the Kamakhya shrine, she left for the airport to go to Lakhimpur in Upper Assam, where she is scheduled to visit Sonari gram panchayat, hold a meeting with party workers and launch a protest programme of unemployed youths.
She is also scheduled to visit the birthplace of Srimanta Sankardeva's primary disciple Sri Madhavdev at Letekupukhuri before leaving for Gohpur in Bishwanath district.
The Congress leader is scheduled to offer homage at the statue of freedom fighter Kanaklata Barua, who was martyred in police firing while attempting to hoist the Indian flag during the Quit India movement in 1942.
She will also interact with women tea garden workers and self-help group members before spending the night at Bishwanath.
On Tuesday, the Congress leader will visit Sadharu tea estate in Biswanath, where she will interact with women tea garden workers, before leaving for Tezpur in Sonitpur district.
She is also scheduled to visit the Mahabhirav Temple and address a public rally at Tezpur, before concluding her two-day visit to the state.
Elections to the constituencies in these three districts will be held in the first phase of polling in 47 seats on March 27.
Elections to the 126-member assembly will be held in three phases, with 39 seats going to polls in the second phase on April 1 and 40 in the third and final phase on April 6.
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Expelled AIADMK chief VK Sasikala on Tuesday arrived in Chennai after completing a 23 hours journey since her departure from Bengaluru. Sasikala had serrved a four year imprisonment on the charges of corruption. She also underwent treatment for Covid-19 in Bengaluru.
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On early morning on Tuesday, 65 year-old former confidante of late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa arrived at T Nagar after getting a grand 'welcome gesture' from the public and the party members
Her nephew and Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) leader TTV Dhinakaran, who indicated Sasikala might contest elections, said his efforts to 'retrieve' the AIADMK will continue and asserted that the aim was to ensure that DMK did not come to power in the coming Assembly polls in the state.
Top actor Rajinikanth had enquired about Sasikala's health with him on Monday, he told reporters here.
Earlier, Sasikala had left the Karnataka capital by car on Monday morning and was accorded a grand reception by her supporters all along the way, till she reached the city this morning.
Before reaching home, she visited the residence of AIADMK founder and late Chief Minister M G Ramachandran at Ramapuram here and paid floral tributes to his portrait and garlanded a statue of the popular leader installed there.
She was accompanied by Dhinakaran.
Sasikala earlier underwent her sentence in the Rs 66.65 crore disproportionate assets case at the Parapana Agrahara central prison in Bengaluru since February, 2017 and was set free on January 27.
However, she remained at the Government Victoria hospital, where she had been admitted after testing positive for COVID-19 while under judicial custody.
She was discharged from the hospital on January 31 after which she stayed at a resort, about 35 km from Bengaluru.
Meanwhile, Dhinakaran told reporters that all efforts to 'retrieve' the AIADMK will continue.
Further, 'we are strong (determined) that DMK should not come to power and will take all efforts in this direction,' he said.
Asked if AMMK and AIADMK would join hands to keep the DMK at bay, Dhinakaran said, 'as far as I am concerned, AMMK was started in March 2018 to retrieve AIADMK and give Amma's rule.'
'I have been saying this eversince. Our aim is to retrieve the AIADMK and when that will happen is in people's hands. I am confident that will happen,' he added.
He also questioned DMK chief M K Stalin's assertion that a fresh probe by an enquiry commission will be launched into the death of Jayalalithaa if the party comes to power, and quoted a Tamil saying to suggest it was not a genuine concern.
He also charged the DMK with making baseless allegations against Sasikala on this issue.
The AMMK leader said Stalin had raked up the matter during the 2017 RK Nagar bypoll, which Dhinakaran won, following the death of Jayalalithaa who then represented the city segment in the Assembly.
To a question, he said his aunt Sasikala may contest elections, though she may have served a prison term in a corruption case.
'There is time. She may not be able to contest under the present conditions but there are options available in the law... can approach court successfully,' he added.
He was a 'positive thinker' and therefore he believes Sasikala could face the polls, Dhinakaran said.
He also declined to respond to a question if the BJP was involved in a possible AIADMK and AMMK tie-up, saying it was 'speculation.'
Pointing out at Sasikala's court case against her expulsion by the AIADMK led by O Panneerselvam and K Palaniswami, he said she will continue with her 'legal struggle.'
He recalled when Jayalalithaa was the party General Secretary, she had all the authority in the top post to summon General Council and make appointments, and claimed nobody else could do so.
After Jayalalithaa's death in December 2016, Sasikala was elected interim general secretary of the AIADMK and also its Legislature Party Leader later, paving the way for her elevation as chief minister, but she had to serve the jail term after the Supreme Court restored the lower court award.
The AIADMK suffered a split with Panneerselvam, now deputy chief minister, and chief minister Palaniswami heading two factions, but they later merged the groups and the general council of the combined party expelled Sasikala in September, 2017 along with Dhinakaran and others.
Asked if his aunt would 'summon' the General Council of the AIADMK now, Dhinakaran said only she can answer that.
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