Addressing reporters on the DMK workplace in Karur city, Karur DMK district secretary V. Senthilbalaji spoke at size, rebutting allegations, giving timelines and comparisons drawn from his personal occasion’s previous occasions. File | Photo Credit: PTI
Addressing reporters on the DMK workplace in Karur city, Mr. Senthilbalaji spoke at size, rebutting allegations, giving timelines and comparisons drawn from his personal occasion’s previous occasions. He additionally performed video footage to substantiate his stand.
On accusations that TVK was denied appropriate venue, he stated the occasion itself had sought solely three places — the Lighthouse Corner, Uzhavar Sandhai and Velusamypuram.
Pointing to a latest DMK “Mupperum Vizha” in Karur, which drew practically 2.5 lakh folks, Mr. Senthilbalaji contrasted the preparations. “We took personal land, bought permission, and held the occasion with preparations: water bottles, biscuits, even medical help for these with sugar and BP. It is the obligation of the political occasion to ask for a spot appropriate for his or her crowd and to care for folks. I’m not blaming anybody, however inform me — after the stampede, 1000’s of slippers have been strewn about. Did anybody see even one water bottle there? Whose duty is that?”
On claims that road lights have been switched off intentionally, he stated, “Due to the overcrowding, folks pressured open the generator shed gates. An further mild went off. But no road lights have been switched off. Everyone (TV channels) was going dwell. If somebody had minimize energy intentionally, would it not not have come to no less than one media’s eye?”
Mr. Senthilbalaji offered a timeline to counter allegations on slippers being hurled when Mr.Vijay spoke about him.
“He spoke for about 19 minutes. In the sixth minute, the primary slipper was thrown. At 6 minutes 40 seconds, the second. At 7 minutes 12 seconds, one of many actor’s helpers informed him folks have been fainting. By the 14th minute, an ambulance was referred to as. Only within the sixteenth minute did he talk about me. So how can anybody say slippers have been thrown due to me?
He stated police, conscious of the swelling crowd, had requested TVK leaders to permit the actor to handle the gathering 500 metres forward of the designated spot. “They insisted on reaching the purpose they needed. Instead of controlling, they dragged the group ahead. In our rallies, earlier than our chief arrives, district secretaries organise the group. Was any such association seen there?”
On emergency preparations, he stated: “Two ambulances got here from Namakkal together with the TVK propaganda van. Five ambulances have been organized regionally in Karur by the identical occasion. The authorities did its half; hospitals obtained and handled the injured swiftly.”
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On allegations of violence
Responding to claims of knives getting used and other people overwhelmed with bottles, he requested: “If knives have been used, shouldn’t the injured have gone to a hospital? If bottles have been used, the place is the proof? Today anybody can flow into one thing on social media. If such issues occurred in that crowd, would no YouTube dwell or tv visuals have captured it? Where is the proof? It is for the occasion involved to reply.”
Criticism of fact-finding groups
Commenting on the NDA delegation go to, he remarked: “Fact-finding groups ought to have gone to Manipur and when the Maha Kumbh Mela stampede and a bridge collapsed in Gujarat. No group was despatched there. But a group is rushed to Karur. Still, they’re welcome to search out the reality.”
“.The authorities has achieved all the pieces correctly. The political occasion (TVK) has not,” he stated.
Everyone posting on social media should place their proof earlier than the Commission of Inquiry and never bask in conjectures or exaggeration, he stated.
Published – October 01, 2025 09:35 pm IST
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