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Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay, whose rally astatine Velusamypuram successful Karur territory connected Saturday (September 27, 2025) resulted successful a stampede that claimed 40 lives, was primitively scheduled to run successful northbound Chennai and Tiruvallur connected the day.
The run docket was reportedly altered lone a fewer days earlier, advancing the meetings successful Namakkal and Karur, which had been planned for December 13. Incidentally, the ruling DMK had conducted its Mupperum Vizha successful Karur connected September 17.
As per the archetypal docket for the State-wide tour, which TVK wide caput N. Anand submitted to the Director-General of Police (DGP) connected September 9 portion seeking permission, Mr. Vijay was scheduled to clasp meetings each week, mostly connected Saturdays successful 2 oregon much districts, betwixt September 13 and December 20.
Based connected this schedule, the TVK main launched his run connected September 13 adjacent the MGR statue astatine Marakkadai successful Tiruchi. It took him respective hours to scope the venue from the Tiruchi airdrome arsenic immense crowds had gathered on the way. After this campaign, helium went to Perambalur, but arrived lone successful the evening, hours down schedule. He reached Ariyalur adjacent to midnight, lone to skip his speech.
He was scheduled to run successful Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, and Mayiladuthurai districts connected September 20. The party, learning from the archetypal limb of his visit, revised the program and dropped Mayiladuthurai.
A fewer days ago, the archetypal docket was revised and extended to February 21 adjacent year. Under the revised plan, the enactment chalked retired lone 2 districts connected a peculiar day. His sojourn to Namakkal and Karur districts was precocious to September 27, portion the rallies successful Chennai and Tiruvallur were pushed backmost to February adjacent year.
Following the tragic incidental successful Karur, determination were reports that Mr. Vijay’s run successful Vellore and Ranipet districts connected October 5 would beryllium temporarily called off. However, the enactment has not issued immoderate authoritative connection successful this regard.
