CHENNAI: VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan dismissed actor and TVK founder Vijay’s video message as “a politically insincere” statement and launched a scathing attack on the fledgling party leader, accusing him of delivering a scripted statement prepared by Sangh Parivar, RSS, and BJP elements surrounding him. Thiruma further advised Vijay to “think independently and speak his mind” if he wished to have a meaningful political future, warning that otherwise he would “face the music.”

He asserted that the Karur stampede was an undeniable fact, caused when people trapped in the dense crowd attempted to escape and inadvertently trampled others. “To cover this up and instead spin a political conspiracy to blame the ruling DMK is extremely dangerous politics. It will not help him,” Thiruma told r

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