Overview
- TVK leaders reiterated that the party will not align with either the DMK or the BJP and intends to contest the 2026 Assembly polls independently.
- Following a month-long pause after the Karur stampede that killed 41, a new 28-member executive committee held its first meeting at the Panaiyur headquarters.
- A special general council is scheduled for November 5 at the Four Points by Sheraton in Mamallapuram, where Vijay is set to make his first public address since the tragedy.
- On October 27, Vijay met 37 bereaved families in Mahabalipuram; party sources said each received a framed photograph and a Rs 5 lakh health insurance policy, while one family returned a Rs 20 lakh compensation offer.
- The CBI probe ordered by the Supreme Court into the Karur incident continues under a three-member supervisory panel led by former judge Ajay Rastogi.