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The Election Commission of India has informed the Madras high court that top actor Vijay’s TVK is not a recognised political party.
According to media reports, Niranjan Rajagopal, counsel for EC made the submission before the first bench comprising Chief Justice M M Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan, when a public interest litigation filed by C Selvakumar, which among other reliefs sought to derecognise the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), came up for hearing.
TVK’s derecognition was sought in the wake of the September 27 stampede at the party’s rally organised in Karur that killed 41 persons. Vijay had attended the rally.
The bench directed the registry to place all matters relating to September 27 Karur stampede before the administrative side of the high court, to constitute a bench for dealing with the cases, except those that were pending before the Supreme Court.
In so far as the prayer to derecognise TVK, Niranjan Rajagopal said the party was not a recognised one and hence this prayer would not stand.
