Chennai, Oct. 19 -- Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) spokesperson TKS Elangovan on Sunday blamed Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay over the 41 deaths in the unfortunate Karur stampede incident.

Speaking to ANI, Elangovan said that Vijay needs to take responsibility for the accident since his delay in coming to the public rally was the reason for the deaths.

"He does politics from home. He is the reason for the deaths. His delay is the reason for the deaths. He doesn't know anything. When he said that he would come there at 12 pm, he should have arrived at least by 1 pm. He cannot avoid saying that we had secured time from 3 pm to 7 pm. That is not the way to deal with it," Elangovan said.

This comes after TVK has transferred an...