Overview
- Nearly two months after the Karur rally crush that killed 41, Vijay restarted campaigning at a restricted indoor meet in Sunguvarchattiram, Kancheepuram.
- He accused the ruling DMK of “loot” and dynasty politics and of straying from C. N. Annadurai’s ideals, while stressing the rivalry is not personal.
- He set out welfare-first goals for TVK, including permanent housing, a motorcycle per household with a pathway to car ownership, at least one graduate and one earner per family, stronger public hospitals, and tougher enforcement for women’s safety.
- Answering claims that TVK lacks ideology, he cited opposing the CAA, demanding a caste census, challenging the Waqf amendment in court, and seeking to move education to the State List rather than promising to scrap NEET.
- With state rally SOPs still pending after court directions, TVK is sticking to limited-access events with QR passes and pausing large rallies; Vijay declined to discuss the Karur tragedy and alleged, as his claim, Rs 4,730 crore in illegal Palar sand mining.