New Delhi/Chennai: Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami today reached New Delhi to take part in the second meeting of organising committee on celebrations for Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary.
Palaniswami was accorded a warm welcome by the AIADMK MPs and other functionaries in the capital. The meeting will be presided by President Ram Nath Kovind.
Portugese Prime Minister Antonio Costa who arrived today morning on a two-day visit to India will also attend the meeting. The committee headed by Ram Nath Kovind has been constituted for commemorating the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi at the national and international level to propagate his message.
The committee includes Vice President, Prime Minister, Chief Ministers of all states, representatives from across the political spectrum, Gandhians, thinkers, and eminent persons from all walks of life, read a statement.
It has also nine international members, including two former Secretaries-General of the United Nations – Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-Moon.
Sources said, post the meeting, Palaniswami is expected to have a private interaction with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during which he will be inviting him for the inauguration of the Amma Memorial constructed in memory of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. The memorial is expected to be inaugurated on Jayalalithaa’s birth anniversary on 24 February.
Palaniswami will also be meeting Home Minister Amit Shah and invite him for the event, the release added.
Palaniswami is also expected to thank Modi for granting nine new medical colleges in the State and hand over a memorandum with various other requests including seeking funds for various schemes to be implemented in the State. The present political scenario in the State is also expected to be discussed during the meeting.