The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday informed the Madras High Court that actor Vijay’s political outfit, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), was not a recognised political party.

Appearing before the bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan, advocate Niranjan Rajagopal submitted that as per ECI norms, TVK did not meet the criteria to qualify as a recognised state party. To be recognised, a party must secure at least 6% of the valid votes polled and two seats in the Assembly, or one in the Lok Sabha, among other benchmarks set by the ECI, as reported by Live Law.

The submissions were made during the hearing of a plea seeking to deregister or derecognise TVK and to include additional charges against actor Vijay in the FIR filed over the Karur st

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