00:00we are going straight across now to these pictures of the prime minister remember he
00:03was in kerala earlier today now he is in chennai for the poll campaign in the state of tamilnadu
00:10campaign which is being kick-started by prime minister narendra bodhi in chennai
00:28today tamilnadu is poll-bound and ahead of elections we've seen the nda just larger in
00:34terms of smaller parties now joining the nda fold on stage we did see and also pmk's
00:41and womani ramados was there as well ttp dhinakaran is the latest entrant to the nda and this gives an
00:48india firmer shape just ahead of elections in the state of tamilnadu the prime minister is there he's
00:56just going to be addressing the workers who've gathered there today he has hit out at the dmk
01:02saying that the state is ready to bid farewell to the corrupt dmk is what the prime minister said
01:08with the chief minister and head of dmk mk is stalin hitting back at the prime minister
01:14launching of the nda campaign in tamilnadu is what we're seeing at this point in time
01:20the prime minister has spoken about the nda's governance record said it's time to bid goodbye to
01:26the dmk he's tweeted about this as well earlier today he said tamilnadu is with the nda i will be
01:34joining nda leaders of the rally in madhu randhankam later today tamilnadu has decided it's time to bid
01:42farewell to the corrupt dmk government he spoke about the nda's governance track record and has
01:50spoken about commitment to regional aspirations as well i'm going to go straight across to akshita
01:58nand gopal for more details on that story tracking that big story for us actually this is the prime
02:04minister now sounding the poll bugle in the state of tamilnadu ahead of the visit of course you've seen
02:09some crucial alliances take shape and the nda really firming up in that sense that's right uh
02:15sneha very very crucial rally for the nda you know the bjp is on an overdrive trying to bring in as many
02:21allies as they can for this very rally for this event and you see the poster that's put up of
02:26prime minister modi on one side and eps on the other the messaging is exactly what piyush goyal said it
02:31would be uh modi in the center and eps in tamilnadu but important to highlight here that one of the
02:37other big headlines that emerged from this rally is the presence of edipati parniswamy and ttv dhinakaran
02:42for the very first time on the same stage they're not seated together interestingly to prime minister
02:47modi's right is eps and to his left is ttv dhinakaran but the idea of the nda is to send out a message
02:53of solidarity of strength as well there was a lot of talk that many other parties the likes of dmdk will
02:59also be brought on board but it looks like the alliance deal hasn't really been broken through yet
03:04but you see the images there the camaraderie between eps and prime minister modi very important
03:10to highlight here and you know these images tell a story of how the bjp and aiedmk are working together
03:16to do everything they can to make the nda stronger in tamirnadu there's been clear endorsement from
03:22home minister amit shah previously for eps saying that it is under eps's leadership under the aiedmk's
03:27leadership that the nda is going to fight this election now expect that same endorsement from prime
03:33minister modi telling in the pictures but also when he speaks on stage also you know akshita talk
03:39to us a little about what is expected i'll just come back to you in a moment from now apurva is
03:44also joining us for the very latest on that story from ground zero at this point in time apurva uh also
03:50talk to us a little about what is expected vis-a-vis the prime minister's zaitneri earlier we saw him in
03:56kerala today now in chennai both kerala and tamil duanadu poll-bound states and of course a series of
04:02development projects were lined up for kerala what's expected as far as tamil duan is concerned
04:09where in fact sneha is going to be a very interesting uh you know a list of people who
04:15will be on the dais there just from the dignitaries that you can see initially you also see how the top
04:20nda alliance leaders have joined prime minister modi here in that dais in fact just from the crowds of
04:28public as well you can see how from near and far bjp caddles as well as supporters have joined here
04:34to catch a glimpse of prime minister modi in fact it is going to be an interesting speech that will
04:39take place here today this you know prime minister modi essentially will be flagging of bjp's election
04:46campaigning for tamindadu elections ahead of the state going for elections in just two to three months and
04:52uh you know to see edapadi ke palin swami titi within a current and several other senior leaders
04:57and bumani uh as well uh you know pmk chief there all of them going ahead and taking the dais there
05:04along with prime minister modi definitely shows a strong you know support and a you know a show of
05:11symbol there uh for the people saying that the nda is strong and the nda has arrived here in tamindadu
05:18that's right the nda is strong and the nda has arrived and the strategy is uh extremely clear
05:24uh you have your allies and you have strengthened uh the nda the alliance personally by bringing in
05:31these smaller parties the message uh anaga really is that uh we have just so many political parties in
05:38the state of tamilnadu coming in together so these are the smaller parties in the nda as constituents and
05:43then we have this versus the dmk congress alliance isn't it
05:53well in fact sneha if you can hear me i'm reporting from a bit outside the venue where prime minister
05:59has arrived a lot of carders from you know who are supporting the bjp and admk have started arriving
06:06like my camera person danny is showing you so the crowd over here is rooting for
06:24that's the kind of crowd pull that you're seeing over here
06:26very interesting because uh you know it is eps indeed who is heading the states
06:45and all the people who have come here are rooting for a for a party's leadership
06:50in fact not just eps a lot of carder from anbu mani ramdas's party pm ktt within a current party
06:57they've also turned up in huge numbers over here remember we are reporting from you know
07:02approximately the northern section of tamirnadu where the pmk stronghound is pretty high and we
07:07are talking about the vanyar subsect particularly and since this is from the northern part of tamirnadu
07:14very close to chengil pet district the madura antikam area this shows the kind of crowd pull that
07:19interestingly pmk has also been able to gather a lot of women like you can see on your screen have
07:25also gathered in large numbers rooting for yet a party party swami's victory in fact a lot of traffic
07:32has also been halted given the fact that there is going to be a lot of security restrictions given
07:37the fact that the prime minister has arrived over here and remember what's special about today's event
07:41is that today is the first such major public event that all the alliance partners of the
07:48india have begun today we have the bjp admk pmk and the ammk the four member party uh this is the first
07:57such mahagat bandhan of sorts alliance that's happening today in madurantakam in the northern
08:02part of tamirnadu very very close to chennai and this location was deliberately chosen so that it's
08:08pretty close to chennai and all the alliance leaders could easily travel here this whole district has been
08:13decked up with posters colorful flags uh songs about lord murugand who's you know who is a tamil
08:19deity so that's the kind of welcoming that we are seeing for prime minister modi who's already arrived
08:23here in madurantakam for the event to start that's right the prime minister has already arrived we have
08:30images of the prime minister they're interacting with uh edipati pelensami interesting that the nba has
08:36already apurva declared its face for the elections saying that eps is going to be leading this alliance
08:44in that sense isn't it this time around but that's right neha in fact if you can just uh you know listen
08:51to whatever my colleague hanaga has talked about you know most of the cadders who had come there have
08:57come here for edipati kepala swami let's you know put the facts down straight aiadmk's tall leader there
09:04eps who is currently in the india alliance there you know the perception for the cadders here the
09:09perception for the leaders here is that the the chief ministerial candidate for the nda will be
09:15edipati kepala swami and that's something that the nda cannot uh you know rule out and most importantly
09:21you know they have other smaller parties who have also joined in fact this is the first time in almost
09:26after several years that edipati kepala swami and ttv dhinakaran are going ahead uh and sharing a
09:34stage in fact we're also getting to learn that you know uh pmk's chief there anba money has also
09:41also joined the aiadmk's nda alliance here all of these small parties going ahead and joining together
09:47you know it kind of gives a bold face for the nda now earlier on we have seen undoubtedly it's the nda
09:55really firming up and becoming larger in that sense in the state of tamiladu i'm going to leave
09:59it at that for the moment apurva anaga and my colleague akshat are getting in those details
10:03and their perspective on that story
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