CHENNAI: Even as the TVK and its embattled leader actor Vijay are struggling to come out of the aftermath of the stampede at his rally in Karur over a week ago, the BJP high command deputed its trusted envoy, a Union Minister, to hold parleys with the actor in person on Sunday. However, it could not happen, allegedly because of the tight ring that the State Intelligence wing threw around the leaders, and had to settle for a telephone call, sources said.

Highly placed sources in the BJP told DT Next that Union Minister Murlidhar Mohol, a trusted aide of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Tamil Nadu’s election co-in-charge, tried to hold a personal meeting with Vijay during his visit to Chennai on Sunday. However, the meeting was called off at the last minute due to tight surveillance by th

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