Unlike in the case of Karnataka, there is no precedent for a Nehru family member contesting from TN.
A day after Karnataka Congress leader Siddaramaiah asked Congress president Rahul Gandhi to contest the Lok Sabha election from his State, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K.S. Alagiri said he had already requested Mr. Gandhi to contest from Tamil Nadu.
"There is a divide between the south and the north in the country, and it has widened under the BJP government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It could be bridged if Rahul Gandhi contests and is elected from Tamil Nadu. I told him he could not be confined to the State of Uttar Pradesh," Mr. Alagiri told The Hindu.
The TNCC president said he had asked Mr. Gandhi to consider the request while travelling with him from Tamil Nadu to Thiruvananthapuram on March 13. "He just smiled when I told him [this]. I will ask him again while meeting him on March 187 Mr. Alagiri said.
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