Chennai (PTI): Actor-politician Vijay cannot claim his party TVK to be an alternative to the DMK when he becomes politically active only during the weekends, BJP leader K Annamalai has said and claimed that politics requires the devotion of energy round the clock.

The former BJP state chief asserted that the BJP, whose leaders and cadres were actively present on the field all through the year, alone would provide an alternative to the DMK.

"Even the leader of the Opposition AIADMK Edappadi K Palaniswami is actively going around the state, addressing rallies in various districts. Vijay becomes active only during the weekends. One should take politics seriously and involve oneself on a daily basis," Annamalai told reporters here.

If Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam wanted to be an alternative force, it should take politics seriously and show its intentions through actions by working 24 hours, he advised.

"But Vijay meets people on Saturdays and Sundays,” Annamalai told reporters on Thursday. People believed the NDA as an alternative to the DMK, he added.

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Noida (PTI): A 46-year-old businessman was burnt to death after his moving car caught fire in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddha Nagar district, police said on Tuesday.

According to police, the victim was identified as Rajkumar Singhal, who was engaged in the paint business. The incident occurred late on Monday night near Sorkha village under the Sector 113 police station area.

Station House Officer Krishna Gopal Sharma said Singhal was driving towards Parthala Chowk when his vehicle suddenly caught fire for reasons yet to be ascertained.

Singhal was unable to get out of the car and died in the blaze, the SHO said.

Fire tenders reached the spot after receiving information, but the car had already been gutted, police said. The body has been sent for post-mortem examination and an investigation is underway.

Police suspect the presence of paint or other inflammable material in the car may have caused the fire to spread rapidly.