The September 27 Karur stampede at actor-politician Vijay’s rally escalated into a DMK vs TVK slugfest on Tuesday, with the top star taking on Chief Minister M K Stalin by accusing him of taking “revenge” on him and asserting that the “truth will come out”, and the state government releasing videos on the sequence of events during the rally to allege violation of norms by his party.
Shortly after Vijay issued a video statement, saying that the DMK government may do anything to him, but should not touch TVK party people, senior state officials held a press conference where they made a presentation on the sequence of events that unfolded in the western Tamil Nadu district before and during the stampede in which 41 people have died and over 60 were injured.
Talking to reporters later, senior DMK leader and Lok Sabha MP Kanimozhi said the wails and tears of the affected persons were unending.
The DMK government immediately stood with the people, she said, and faulted Vijay for leaving t
