By IANS,
Erode (Tamil Nadu) : Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Wednesday said that his party’s youth wing will play an important role in the party in the future.
Hitting the campaign trail in Tamil Nadu, Gandhi said: “Around 1.6 million members have become members of the youth wing. Of them 10 are candidates in the (April 13) assembly elections.”
Praising the welfare schemes of the DMK government in the state, he said the programmes were made possible only because Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi shared a common philosophy.
He said the central and state governments were concerned over the welfare of the poor and those living below the poverty line (BPL).
Gandhi is on a two-day election campaign tour of Tamil Nadu.