After their lunch meeting on 10 October, CM Vijay and Rahul Gandhi went to Bask, a café in Palavakkam, for cappuccino, tiramisu and cookies, then left together in one car.
After their lunch meeting on 10 October, CM Vijay and Rahul Gandhi went to Bask, a café in Palavakkam, for cappuccino, tiramisu and cookies, then left together in one car.
After their lunch meeting at Neelankarai on Saturday, October 10, 2026, Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi went out for coffee at Bask, a café in Palavakkam on East Coast Road. The relaxed stop drew wide attention on social media and in the national press.
A Chief Minister and the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha sharing coffee in a neighbourhood café is unusual. The informal outing sent a friendly public signal a day after TVK's twin by-election wins. It was also the first meeting of the two leaders since the TVK-led alliance, which includes the Congress, was named in September.
The café visit followed an hour-long lunch at which, according to Congress sources, Rahul Gandhi congratulated Vijay on the by-election results. Read the full report on the meeting ›
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