TRICHY: Babies born on Tuesday (August 20), the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi would be presented with Rs 2,500 cash by Joseph Louis, the son of late Congress MP L Adaikalaraj. Louis, a member of the general body of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee and one of the three sons of the four-time MP, who passed away in September last year, is said to make an entry into mainstream politics with this freebie scheme.

Louis extended an invitation to the mothers who might give birth to their babies on August 20 to register their names at his office at Jenny Plaza on Bharathiyaar Saalai. Interestingly, the certificates of the fixed deposit would be handed over to the parents on September 16, the birthday of Union finance minister P Chidambaram.

Meanwhile, G Jerome Arockiaraj, president of the of Trichy city district Congress committee said that elaborate plans are on to celebrate the 69th birthday of the former Prime Minister on Tuesday. A number of welfare schemes are expected to be announced during the day.

