Actor-politician Vijay's party takes on DMK, BJP
Chennai (PTI): Actor-politician Vijay-led Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) on Sunday condemned the DMK government over law and order, nudged it to hold the caste survey, demanded scrapping the Parandur airport project and sought closure of liquor outlets in a time bound manner.
The popular actor helmed party opposed the BJP and Centre as well and termed the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024, which is under the review of a Joint Parliamentary Committee, an "attack against federalism" and wanted it to be withdrawn.
The fledgling TVK opposed the 'One nation, one election' proposal and said the attempt to implement it went against democracy and condemned the move.
In its first meeting of district office bearers and the executive committee here, the party deliberated on 'strengthening' its organisational structure, discussed reaching out to the people and passed 26 resolutions.
Backing the demand to scrap the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, TVK wanted education to be shifted to the state list from the concurrent list of the Constitution. The party said its 'ideology is secularism and social justice,' which is a commitment to harmony and unity of all the people in Tamil Nadu.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
