Overview
- Chief Minister M.K. Stalin posted a tribute recalling Vijayakanth’s compassion and service to the poor.
- Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, AIADMK’s Edappadi K. Palaniswami, BJP figures including L. Murugan, Nainar Nagendran, Tamilisai Soundararajan and Pon Radhakrishnan, and TNCC chief K. Selvaperunthagai paid respects at the memorial.
- DMDK general secretary Premalatha Vijayakanth led party cadres and fans in a peace march as the anniversary was observed as the party’s annual Guru Pooja.
- Supporters queued from early morning at the DMDK headquarters in Koyambedu, with some placing newborns on the samadhi and many cadres seen in tears.
- Vijayakanth, a film star who founded the DMDK in 2005, rose to become Tamil Nadu’s Leader of the Opposition after the party’s 2011 electoral breakthrough.