Overview
- Police capped the Uppalam/Expo Ground event at 5,000 attendees with QR-coded passes and limited access to local residents under a detailed safety plan that included enclosures, CCTV and designated parking.
- Security teams detained a man carrying a pistol at the entrance, identified by police as David, a guard for a TVK leader; the weapon was seized and he was taken for questioning without disrupting the program.
- Vijay addressed supporters from the roof of his campaign vehicle in a tightly timed public meeting that organizers stressed was not a roadshow.
- In his remarks, Vijay thanked Puducherry’s government for what he called impartial treatment, criticized the DMK in Tamil Nadu and the Union government, and raised issues including statehood for Puducherry and local infrastructure needs.
- The Karur stampede that killed 41 people remains under a Supreme Court-ordered CBI probe, and TVK’s upcoming events face heightened permissions and conditions, with the party shifting its Erode meeting to December 18 after scrutiny.