Chennai, Dec. 23 -- Union Minister Piyush Goyal arrived in Chennai for the first time after being appointed as the BJP's Election In-Charge for Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, marking the formal start of the party's intensified preparations for the upcoming Assembly elections. He is accompanied by Co-Incharge and Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal.

Goyal was welcomed at the BJP Tamil Nadu state headquarters, Kamalalayam in T. Nagar, by senior party leaders, including Union Minister of State L. Murugan, BJP State President Nainar Nagenthran, former Telangana Governor and senior leader Tamilisai Soundararajan, and H. Raja.

Soon after his arrival, a crucial meeting of the BJP's Tamil Nadu Core Committee got underway at Kamalalayam under the leadershi...