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Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay connected Tuesday (September 30, 2025) said helium had ne'er successful his beingness experienced a concern arsenic achy arsenic the 1 successful Karur, wherever 41 radical died successful a stampede during his rally connected September 27. He besides stated that if Chief Minister M.K. Stalin wished to instrumentality “revenge”, it should beryllium directed astatine him and not astatine members of his party
In a video posted connected societal media, Mr. Vijay said his “heart was dense with pain” pursuing the incident. “Throughout my State-wide tour, radical person travel to spot maine retired of emotion and affection. I americium ever grateful for that,” helium said, adding that nationalist information had been the apical precedence during the tour. “Setting speech governmental reasons, that is wherefore we [TVK] focused connected selecting venues that were harmless for the public, and sought support from the police,” helium added.
‘Left venue to debar further incidents’
“What happened should not person happened,” Mr. Vijay said. “As a quality being, however could I permission the spot erstwhile truthful galore were affected? I chose not to spell determination instantly lone to debar the hazard of immoderate further unforeseen incidents.”
He expressed his “deepest sympathies” to those who mislaid loved ones and wished a speedy betterment to those undergoing treatment. “I anticipation they instrumentality location soon. I volition conscionable them each shortly,” helium said, besides thanking governmental leaders and enactment functionaries who, helium said, understood the concern and extended their support.
Mr. Vijay said helium had campaigned successful 5 districts without immoderate specified incidental occurring. “Why and however did it hap lone successful Karur? People cognize the truth; they person seen everything. The information volition travel retired soon,” helium said. He added that the rally was held astatine a determination assigned to the enactment and that they had followed the required procedures. “We did thing else. FIRs person been filed against our enactment members, and immoderate person been arrested. CM [Stalin] sir, if you privation to instrumentality action, instrumentality it against me, not them. I volition beryllium astatine location oregon successful the office,” helium said, adding that the TVK’s governmental travel would continue, “stronger and braver than ever.”
