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Chennai : Actor Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) is anxiously awaiting police nod to conduct the party’s first state-level conference in Vikravandi on Sept 23, and exploring legal avenues to ensure the grand event is held as scheduled. The Villupuram police rejected suggestions of any delay on its part, asserting that it was adhering to the “routine procedure” of granting permission for public meetings by seeking responses from TVK.
Election Commission of India is yet to register TVK. Vijay submitted the application in Feb. “The response to police queries is being prepared by the legal team. It will be submitted soon. We will see the response and follow up with legal recourse,” said a party source. A set of 21 questions had been raised by the Villupuram deputy superintendent of police, S Suresh, to the party general secretary, N Anand, on Sunday. They have been given time until Friday to respond on a range of arrangements.
TVK functionaries see the questions as quite unusual given that only weeks are left for the conduct of the grand event, which is expected to attract more than three lakh participants. The police sought to know, among other things, the schedule of the event, list of dignitaries, number of banners and welcome arches, chairs, details of participants and contractors, power supply, arrangements for parking vehicles, and security for women, children and elders. The organisers are also required to respond about arrangements for parking and sanction from landowners.
“We follow the routine procedure of granting permission for public meetings. At the same time, all public meetings are not the same. We have sought details on some aspects. We have given them five days to reply to our queries. We will review their replies and take a call,” Villupuram superintendent of police Deepak Siwach told TOI
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