Actor Vijay Fans Club went on a celebratory mode when over 100 members of the Thalapathy Vijay Makkal Iyakkam (TVMI), the fan club of actor Vijay, won seats in the two-phase local body elections in Tamil Nadu.
Actor Vijay, whose popularity is second to Rajinikanth in Tamil cinema,let his fan club – All India Thalapathy Vijay Makkal Iyyakam – to contest from the rural bodies of nine districts which went to polls.
The victory for Vijay Fans Club members is significant as even the veteran actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan’s party Makkal Needhi Maiam and Seeman’s Naam Thamilar have failed to open their accounts.
The ruling DMK maintained its winning streak, trouncing the AIADMK, which had earlier suffered defeat in the April 6 Assembly election.
Vijay Fans Club makes Vijay Proud
Polling was held in 39 unions on October 6 while the remaining 35 unions went to polls on October 9, in Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, Vellore, Ranipet, Tirupathur, Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Tirunelveli and Tenkasi districts. Elections were held to fill 27,003 posts including 140 district panchayat ward members, 74 panchayat unions, 1,381 panchayat union ward members, 2,901 village panchayat presidents and 22,581 village panchayat ward councillors.
It was also the first time the members had attained permission from the actor and used the Thalapathy Vijay Makkal Iyakkam flag to seek votes.