Nearly a year after the tragic stampede here that killed 41 persons during his party rally, TVK founder and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay on Friday made his first visit to this district, and trained his guns against the former DMK-led government for attempting to gain “political mileage” from the incident. 

Vijay faulted the police for not alerting him about the swelling crowd at the TVK venue on September 27, 2025, nor taking any steps to cancel the meeting as the crowd had become unmanageable.