Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president MK Stalin today met Congress chief Sonia Gandhi at her residence, where Rahul Gandhi was also present. The Congress is DMK's junior partner in their alliance in Tamil Nadu.
This is the first meeting between Mr Stalin and Sonia Gandhi after the DMK-Congress alliance was elected to power in the recently-concluded assembly elections in Tamil Nadu.
The leaders are learnt to have discussed the new government's schemes and policies in the state, where the Congress is a junior partner.
"Congress President Smt. Sonia Gandhi and I had the pleasure of meeting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Shri M. K. Stalin and Smt. Durgavathy Stalin earlier today," Rahul Gandhi said on Twitter.
Congress President Smt. Sonia Gandhi and I had the pleasure of meeting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Shri M. K. Stalin and Smt. Durgavathy Stalin earlier today.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) June 18, 2021
We will keep working with the DMK to build a strong & prosperous state for the Tamil people. pic.twitter.com/ES9FylkVRh
"We will keep working with the DMK to build a strong and prosperous state for the Tamil people," he said.
Mr Stalin had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday.
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