Chennai: In his first official tour, chief minister C Joseph Vijay will be visiting Karur on July 10 where he will meet the families of the Sept 27 stampede victims, said water resources minister N Anand on Thursday.Though Vijay visited Trichy last month, it was in his capacity as TVK chief to thank the voters of Trichy East segment. Karur has been chosen for his first official visit in a symbolic move as he would be meeting the families of the 41 victims who died during the stampede at his political rally on Sept 27, last year. Vijay had previously met them at a resort in Mahabalipuram on Oct 27 last year, a month after the tragedy.PWD minister Aadhav Arjuna alleged that the previous DMK govt conspired to kill 41 persons in Karur. “DMK govt colluded with the police and killed 41 persons in Karur. There are some unfinished business in Karur and we will definitely complete it. You (DMK) framed our leader (Vijay) in the Karur incident, and law will definitely take its course,” Aadhav said at an event where former AIADMK leaders were inducted into TVK.Meanwhile, DMK alleged that TVK was desperate to arrest former minister V Senthilbalaji before Vijay’s visit to Karur. Former DMK minister S Regupathy it was because of TVK’s desperation to arrest Senthilbalaji they were levelling horse trading charges on DMK and linking Senthilbalaji to the case. “CM Vijay has taken a vow to arrest Senthilbalaji before he visits Karur. Hence, cases are being filed against his aides in false horse-trading allegations,” Regupathy told reporters in Pudukottai.
