Heavy police deployment, vehicle checks and temporary traffic diversions have been enforced around Seelanayakkanpatti as authorities prepare for the high-profile political programme.
The CBI has seized actor-politician Vijay’s campaign bus in the Karur stampede case, stepping up its investigation into lapses that led to 41 deaths at a public rally.
Actor Vijay made history with Jana Nayagan in Malaysia, making it the first time a Tamil film’s audio launch outside India that has drawn such a massive audience.
At a packed TVK rally in Erode, Vijay accused the ruling DMK of ugly politics and smear campaigns, projecting his party as a people-centric alternative ahead of the 2026 polls.
Significantly, this is Vijay’s first public appearance after the September 27 Karur killer stampede at the actor’s rally that claimed 41 lives, forcing the party to turn into silent mode till now.
Justice N Senthilkumar on Friday had ordered the constitution of the SIT headed by senior IPS officer and North Zone Inspector General Asra Garg, pulling up the state police for inaction.
Lok Sabha MP and former Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur has urged Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin to direct the authorities concerned to furnish a comprehensive report on the deadly stampede at actor Vijay’s political rally in Karur in the state on September 27 that claimed 41 lives.
He called the BJP-led Union Government as anti-federal with a motto of dismantling States by depriving them of their legitimate rights and welfare.
At least 39 people were killed and 83 others were injured after a stampede broke out during Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam’s (TVK) rally in Karur on Saturday.
Chief Minister MK Stalin held an emergency meeting with top officials in Chennai. He directed immediate relief measures and assured that the injured would receive full medical support.
