Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)president and star Vijay throughout the address in Karur on Saturday|Picture Credit: MOORTHY M
In the last number of weeks, the substantial crowd that thronged rallies arranged by Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president and star Vijay made significant political celebrations in the State anxious. While everybody believed he had actually gotten to the political phase, the stampede at Vijay’s Karur rally on Saturday in which around 40 have actually been approximated dead, is most likely to put a brake on Vijay’s fast-rising political profession.
Now, the huge concern is will Vijay be jailed for the stampede? This will be chosen after a query commission headed by retired Judge Aruna Jagadeesan provides its report.
On the Karur stampede, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Law and Order, S Davidson Devasirvatham stated that a case has actually been signed up. The Karur Town authorities has actually signed up a case versus TVK basic secretary N Anand and 2 others as a follow up to the stampede, states reports.
The celebration had actually looked for authorization mentioning that around 10,000 individuals were anticipated to go to. The crowd was big and it all went out of control. The celebration undervalued the most likely participation, stated a political analyst.
Leaders of all the significant celebrations, consisting of AIADMK and the BJP have actually been checking out Karur because early morning.
The AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi Palaniswami informed a media firm that the stampede took place since of an electrical existing. Such a project was formerly kept in 4 districts, and the authorities ought to have offered appropriate security. “I do not believe that was done. If the federal government and cops had actually worked well, such lives would not have actually been lost,” he stated.
Big crowd
Devasirvatham stated appropriate security workers were released at the location. With the big crowd, there was a demand to stop the car 50 m ahead of the location and speak, however this was turned down by the occasion organisers, he included.
While the social networks is filled with acknowledgements messages, lots of are disturbed with Vijay delegating Chennai right away after the stampede, instead of remaining back at Karur and consoling the bereaved households.
Chief Minister MK Stalin, on the other hand, right away designated senior ministers M Subramanian, Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi and previous minister Senthil Balaji to check out the area and act right away.
Even more, in the midnight he left by flight to Tiruchi, and from there drove to Karur morning to satisfy the households of those eliminated in the event and those who are going through treatment at numerous health centers.
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday will hear a petition submitted by TVK looking for a Central Bureau of Investigation or Special Investigation Team probe into the awful stampede.
Independently, the SRM Educational Group has actually vowed to cover the complete instructional costs for trainees from the households of the deceased.
To guarantee their research studies continue continuous, their costs will be paid straight to the schools and colleges they presently participate in, TR Paarivendhar, Chancellor, SRM Institute of Technology, SRM Group
Released on September 28, 2025
