P Chidambaram, EVKS Elangovan & other TNCC members meet Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi in show of unity

NEW DELHI: Days after GK Vasan split the Tamil Nadu Congress, a delegation of senior state party leaders, led by new PCC chief EVKS Elangovan met party chief Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi late Thursday evening in a show of unity and determination to fight along.

Among the delegation was former finance minister P Chidambaram whose son Karti had on Wednesday made some loaded remarks against “the high command culture in the Congress. During their meeting, Sonia urged the delegation to shun groupism and strive for strengthening the party at the grassroots level.

“Be united, work together, get ready for elections which will be taking place in more than a year,” Sonia told them, as per Elangovan. “We have assured the Congress president that all leaders would work united to bring Kamaraj rule back in the state,” said Elangovan. A notable omission was Jayanthi Natarajan, seen out of favour with the leadership since her abrupt resignation as the environment minister in UPA-II.