Vijay Returns to Chair TVK General Council, Gets Mandate to Decide 2026 Alliances
The meeting marked his first public appearance since the Karur stampede that killed 41 people.
Overview
- The General Council unanimously empowered Vijay to determine TVK’s alliances for the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.
- Delegates passed 12 resolutions covering women’s safety, law and order, farmer losses, environmental issues, and a call to pause the Summary Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
- Members observed two minutes of silence for the 41 people killed in the Karur rally stampede.
- Karur district secretary Mathiazhagan, named in the FIR over the stampede, read the first resolution paying tribute to the victims.
- TVK confirmed plans to contest the 2026 polls and criticized the DMK government and the Centre over policing, investment claims, fishermen arrests, and flood preparedness.