W hat should have been a successful political debut for actor-turned-politician Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar, popularly known as Vijay, now threatens to be his Waterloo moment, depending on how he handles the situation and how his detractors capitalise on the tragedy.

More than forty people, most of them children and women, have died in a stampede that broke out soon after Vijay began his speech at an open ground in Tamil Nadu’s Karur district. The actor is reported to have travelled there after a rally at nearby Namakkal, followed by hundreds of his fans, despite warnings from his personal bodyguards and the police. Initial reports and police sources suggest that the silver screen star had no idea of the gathering and had little control over the surging crowds.

According to media sources

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