chennai the bjp state unit has urged its cadres to emulate prime minister narendra modis respect for tamil culture and sport veshtishirt during the unity march to be observed across the state on october 31 birth anniversary of sardar vallabhbhai patel modi wore the traditional tamil attire to welcome chinese president xi jinping for their informal summit on october 11 at mamallapuram he had also tweeted in tamil from mamallapuram earlier the prime minister had quoted tamil poet pugundranar in his speech at the united nationsto thank the pm for the importance given to tamil language culture and tradition i request the cadres to participate in the unity march in our traditional attire said bjp state general secretary vanathi srinivasan in a statementthe decision was taken during the state central committee meeting held at the party headquarters here on wednesdaythe number of organizational districts in the state unit has been increased to 60 from 51 according to an official releasevanathi srinivasan and the organizing committee also made it clear that only active members will be rewarded with posts in the organizational structure