Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president MK Stalin 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 Stalin and Sonia Gandhi after the DMK-Congress alliance was elected to power in the recently-concluded assembly elections in the state. The leaders are learnt to have discussed the new government's schemes and policies in the state, where the Congress is a junior partner. "Sonia Gandhi and I had the pleasure of meeting Stalin and Smt. Durgavathy Stalin," Rahul said on Twitter. "We will keep working with the DMK to build a strong and prosperous state for the Tamil people," he said. Stalin had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier.
Yediyurappa to continue as Karnataka CM
BJP’s Karnataka in-charge Arun Singh during his three-day visit to the state warned of action against those who violate party discipline amid rumours of replacing Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa. Arun Singh, who earlier ruled out a change in leadership, implicitly said during the Karnataka BJP core committee meeting that Yediyurappa shall continue as the CM. “Leadership in Karnataka won’t change. It is known that two or three people are damaging the party by speaking against the BJP’s interests. If they remain adamant on their stance despite discussion, action will be initiated against them,” Singh said after the core committee meeting. In a gesture signifying that everything was in his favour, Yediyurappa was seen emerging with a victory sign from the core committee meeting.
