chennai prime minister manmohan singh received a warm welcome at the chennai airport on sunday evening as he arrived on a twoday visit to tamil nadu his first after the aiadmk came to power he was accompanied by union minister kapil sibal minister of state v narayanasamy and national security advisor shivsankar menon governor k rosaiah chief minister j jayalalithaa union ministers m k alagiri g k vasan and jayanthi natarajanand tncc president b s gnanadesikan were among those present there was uncertainty over the meeting between the pm and jayalalithaa because there was no official word from the state government till sunday however a statement issued in the afternoon officially confirmed the meeting between the both leaders jayalalithaa presented a shawl and a bouquet to singh and introduced her cabinet colleagues to him state and central officials also welcomed him jayalalithaa has been slamming the centre on various issues in recent times vijayakanthled dmdk the principal opposition in the assembly and the mdmk cpi and other political parties have been opposing pms visit to the state as they alleged the centre has failed to resolve the mullaperiyar dam deadlock at such a juncture the pms visit and the meeting with the tamil nadu cm gains significance jayalalithaa reached the airport 20 minutes before the pms arrival and looked very relaxed as she chatted with governor rosaiah union minister m k alagiri dmk parliamentary party leader t r baalu dmk whip in the lok sabha t k s elangovan former minister dayanidhi maran and other mps greeted the premier besides the union ministers and mps former tncc presidents k v thangabalu kumari ananthan e v k s elangovan and krishnasamy also received the prime minister tncc president and mp bs gnanadesikan later met the pm at the raj bhavan with a delegation of fishermen