Why Vijay’s temple visit with Narendra Modi goes beyond routine protocol

 On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay stood beside each other at a Metro station in western Chennai, waved green flags and then boarded the train together. It was the first run on the first operational stretch of Chennai Metro Rail’s Phase II, a project six years in the making.

But the journey also completed a striking political weekend for Vijay. On Saturday, he hosted Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for lunch at his Neelankarai home. Twenty-four hours later, he was receiving Modi at the airport, travelling with him on the Metro, visiting a temple with him and sharing a public stage.

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For a Chief Minister heading a government in alliance with the Congress, it was an unusual sequence, made more conspicuous by the turmoil in Delhi following Gandhi’s detention and Vijay’s decision not to publicly condemn it.

Modi’s Tamil Nadu trip

Modi landed in Chennai around 11.10 am. Vijay, who had left his Neelankarai residence around 10.30 am, received him at the airport with a shawl, bouquet and handshake. AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami was also present.As Modi’s convoy travelled towards Porur, BJP workers lined sections of the route and the Prime Minister waved from his vehicle. Vijay’s convoy followed. By 11.50 am, the two were at Porur Bypass station, where officials briefed them on the Rs 4,900-crore Poonamallee-Vadapalani section.

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