Chennai: Over two weeks have passed since 41 people died in a stampede in actor-politician Vijay’s rally in Karur. But the man at the center of the row, Vijay, continues to wield a golden silence, even as Tamil Nadu politics has been centered around him.

Even when the Supreme Court handed out a victory to him by transferring the Karur case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) after junking a one-man commission appointed by the DMK government, Vijay merely said, “truth will prevail.”

Vijay’s measured reaction was in stark contrast to the reactions from BJP and AIADMK leaders who said justice will be served to the families of the victims, as an “impartial probe” by the Tamil Nadu Police would not have brought the truth to light.

On the other side of the political spectrum, the DMK

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