Actor Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) announced it will contest the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections independently. Vijay is the party’s Chief Ministerial candidate, with 12 resolutions addressing voter rights, law-and-order, farmer issues, and fisherfolk concerns

Chennai: Bringing to a close weeks of political speculation, the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) on Wednesday announced that it would contest the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections independently, with its founder and actor Vijay named as the party’s Chief Ministerial candidate.

The decision was formally announced at the party’s special general council meeting held at a private hotel in Mamallapuram. The meeting, presided over by Vijay, was attended by more than 2,000 general council members, party district secretaries,

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