Overview
- In a closed-door, one-on-one format at a Mamallapuram resort on Oct. 27, Vijay met many bereaved families, with TVK saying 37 attended while several chose not to travel.
- Vijay apologised for not visiting Karur, cited permission and logistics constraints, and promised continued assistance including support for children’s education; TVK earlier transferred ₹20 lakh to each bereaved family.
- Party accounts and media reports described individual meetings lasting about 10–15 minutes, with petitions collected from families and additional help discussed.
- Opposition leaders, including the DMK’s TKS Elangovan, criticised holding the meetings near Chennai rather than at victims’ homes in Karur.
- The CBI has re-registered the case and begun work under a Supreme Court-appointed monitoring panel led by Justice Ajay Rastogi, while the Madras High Court directed Tamil Nadu to produce an SOP for political events within 10 days and invited suggestions by Nov. 11.