Chennai, Oct. 17 -- The nascent and fledgling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam(TVK) formed by actor-turned-neta Vijay, was not a recognised political party,the Election Commission of India (ECI) informed the Madras High Court today.
A submission in this regard was made by ECI's counsel Niranjan Rajagopal,before the First Bench comprising Chief Justice M S Shrivastava and JusticeG Arul Murugan.
The ECI made the submission during the hearing of a Public Interest Litigation(PIL) filed by one Selvakumar, seeking to derecognise TVK in the wake of theSeptember 27 stampede that snuffed out 41 lives during Vijay's political rallyat Karur on September 27.
Responding to the prayer, Niranjan said it would not stand as the TVK wasnot a recognised political ...