Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday visited rain-ravaged parts of Tamil Nadu and neighbouring Puducherry and sought speedy action to ameliorate the suffering of the people, saying politics should not be done over relief work. The Centre and state government needs to be “much more responsive” to the suffering of the people and take action as fast as possible, he told reporters after winding up his tour. Gandhi said the people of Tamil Nadu, especially those in Chennai, were suffering.
“I would like to tell the Government of Tamil Nadu and Government of India that they need to do a lot more to the people of Tamil Nadu; they need to be much more responsive. The state government and the national government need to respond to this and take action as fast as possible,” he said.
The Amethi MP expressed solidarity with victims of the deluge by distributing welfare assistance to them. He interacted with people at Cuddalore, Mudichur (Kancheepuram district) and Villivakkam here.