Assembly Elections 2026 LIVE: Rahul to address election campaign meetings in Southern districts

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addressing at the election campaign rally in Thuraiyur Assembly constituency in Tiruchi district. File. | Photo Credit: M. Moorthy

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to address the election campaign meeting to be held near Nanguneri on Monday (April 20, 2026). Mr. Gandhi, after his electioneering at Colachel in Kanniyakumari district, will address the voters to canvass votes for Congress candidate for this constituency Ruby R. Manoharan and other Secular Progressive Alliance candidates fielded in Tirunelveli and Tenkasi districts.

Meanwhile, in a major push ahead of the forthcoming elections in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, N. Chandrababu Naidu, will embark on a two-day campaign tour in the neighbouring State, as part of the NDA’s intensified outreach.

In West Bengal, the Prime Minister addressed rallies at Bankura, Purulia, Jhargram, and Paschim Medinipur, where he criticised Trinamool Congress government on several fronts, and called West Bengal’s ruling party “anti-tribal”.

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April 20, 2026 09:12
PM Modi’s jhalmuri break in Jhargram leaves Trinamool fuming
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (April 19, 2026) savoured jhalmuri, a popular Bengali puffed rice snack, during a break from back-to-back public meetings in West Bengal.
Mr. Modi shared photographs and videos of the unlikely event, where he is seen asking the shopkeeper to prepare jhalmuri. The vendor initially declines when the PM offers to pay, before accepting the money upon the latter’s insistence.
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Published - April 20, 2026 09:04 am IST

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