Vijay’s Karur visit challenges and DMK’s mixed numbers
In Tamil Nadu, a survey across constituencies showed mixed numbers for the ruling DMK while TVK seems to have made inroads in several places, ahead of the 2026 Assembly election.
Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter exclusively curated for TNM and NL subscribers by Dhanya Rajendran, Shabbir Ahmed, Pooja Prasanna, and Haritha John.
In this edition, we tell you how Vijay has been allowed to visit Karur to meet 41 families of stampede victims, but on one condition. Powertrip has also learnt that TVK has run into difficulties trying to find such a venue.
It’s also time for political surveys in the state and one such survey across constituencies in southern Tamil Nadu showed mixed numbers for the ruling DMK while the figures for TVK seem promising, ahead of the 2026 Assembly election. What are the numbers? All details below.
Meanwhile, in Kerala, sources told us that a faction within the Kerala Congress (M) is looking to return to the UDF.
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