Sonia cancels Chennai, Puducherry rallies

Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 13:01 [IST]

Chennai, May 6: Tamil Nadu police said that all the election rallies of Sonia Gandhi, the Congress President in Chennai and Puducherry were cancelled due to security reasons. The pro-Srilankan Tamil organisations had earlier announced to stage protest against Sonia's visit.

However Congress party cited Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK supremo M Karunanidhi's ill health as a reason for the cancel of the rallies. The UPA chairperson was scheduled to arrive in Chennai and then go to Puducherry and fly back to Chennai to address the rally in noon in support of Congress and DMK candidates for the May 13 Lok Sabha polls.

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Topics: sonia gandhi, chennai, puducherry, lok sabha polls 2009, m karunanidhi, dmk, congress, tamil nadu

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Sunday, December 7, 2008,16:46 [IST]

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Shiela Dikshit yells at reporters

Monday, December 8, 2008,17:07 [IST]

New Delhi, Dec 8: After Shiela Dikshit's hattrick victory, the first sentence she uttered was, 'Please have some discipline!'. The Delhi Chief Minister yelled this as the loud chatter of an army of journalists prevented her from addressing them after the Congress' stunning victory in the assembly elections. 'I am shouting and you are also shouting. Who can speak in this atmosphere?' she asked. Dikshit, who led the Congress to a third five-year term following the Nov 29 balloting, later thanked the.....