Actor-politician Vijay on Wednesday, November 5, pitched his political party TVK as a strong alternative to the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu, saying the electoral battle next year was confined only between these two parties.

Regarding the September 27 Karur stampede that left 41 dead and over 60 injured, he said people were questioning the ’hasty’ appointment of a one-member commission, since suspended by the Supreme Court, and top state government officials holding a press meet to explain the chronology of events that unfolded on that fateful day.

The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam founder-chief was speaking at a special general council meeting of the party at a private hotel in this coastal town, about 50 km from Chennai.

Vijay, who has been critical of the DMK, once agains slammed the ruling p

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