Five days after 41 people lost their lives and more than 100 were injured in Tamil Nadu’s Karur stampede, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief and actor Vijay has suspended all political rallies for the next two weeks, putting a pause on his statewide election campaign.

Vijay is yet to meet the families of the deceased and the injured; however, the party has announced relief of Rs 20 lakh. Apart from TVK, the Congress party has also earlier announced that they have given Rs 1.25 crore cumulatively to the affected families. Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had also announced Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia for them, while the injured would receive Rs 50,000.

The TVK posted about the temporary suspension of their rallies on social media, expressing sorrow over the incident.

“In this situation wh

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