Actor-Politician Vijayakanth Passes Away In Chennai Days After Testing COVID Positive | Vijayakanth
now taking you to a heartbreaking slice of news that came in earlier from Tamil Nadu actor and DMD founder leader Vijaya Khan passed away in Chennai today at the age of 71 he was fondly known as Captain he was on ventilatory support following his admission for pneumonia now with his death Vijaya Khan’s death has marked the end of an influential chapter in Tamil’s political history and it leaves a void in the state’s diverse political tapestry despite the best efforts of the medical staff he passed
away in the morning on 28th December but he had earlier been admitted in various points of November and December to the hospital now we’re going to bring you more context on this but for now Tamil Nadi chief minister Stalin you can see in these visuals paying his tribute to the late actor at his residence a sea of followers gathering at his residence to pay tribute to the late actor and the politician take a look yeah DM leader Mr Vijay Gand passed away and we are in na pur today otherwise you would be there by now now it’s too sad he’s a
very finest actor whatever the roles he has taken in his film always there was a moral in that he always played a Good Samaritan role like MGR did and he’s a finest politician also he’s a rare breed of politician and he always speaks the truth boldly even when he came out of adm cans he had spoken the truth and he came out of it so I appreciate is the way he has done the politics a very great Soul a great political leader he always put the interests of the people in front of anything else whether it was in the cine
industry or in politics or in his public life he has always been transparent honest and he has strives for the betterment of the people of Tamil Nadi through his sheer efforts he rose within a short span as the leader of the opposition and subsequently due to ill health gradually his health has been worsening and it is very sad that he has passed today and I express my solidarity and I express my condolences to all his family members relatives friends and his party CS okay let’s go over to our colleague mutilans who’s with us right now to bring
us more context on this entire story let’s go over to him mug an can you tell our audiences especially those who are tuning in right now from across the country van’s political party DMD it entered the political free in 2005 and it was really seen as a political alternative to the Dravidian politics in Tamil Nadu it was a fresh political alternative to those of the people in Tamil Nadu who lived in particularly rural areas can you just tell our audiences more about kayak the star and then vi jak the political
leader as rightly pointed out in tama it always been bipolar that is adm and DMK and we saw Vijayakanth stepping into politics and and and getting 21 mils in his first election where he contested and then he and he proved that there is a space for a third alternative in tamad and due to his ill health we saw a decline of DMD party but today we you can see the kind of crowd that he that that is gathering to pay their respect to to him and it very clearly very clearly show that still he enjoys the confidence of the people and and yes
he’s been an actor who who is known for his roil who’s known for his character and not only that yeah in person also uh he he he he has been uh praised by the people for the kind of De and help he do do to every anyone who comes to their res so that is the kind of person who visitant was either it be Pol politician he proved that there could be there is a space and this bipolar contest can be broken and an actor and as an actor he proved that an actor can do so much to people not only by enjoying their price
but they can spend so much for the people from what they earn from them and yes uh now we have seen due to his ill health he was hospitalized for more than one week or 10 days before and very recently he was again admitted to hospital and today morning around 610 he has uh he he has suffered he has suffered heart attack and what we are hearing from the doctors is that he had pneumonia to which he has succumb uh so now his body is being brought to DMD party office you can see in the visuals also and since morning there are
thousands of people are coming forward to pay their last respect and now his body being shifted to ddl party office where it will be kept for public to pay their last for for the till tomorrow 4:30 p.m his body will be kept at dmdk Party Party office and then it will be booed inside the party office is what we are learning from the DMD party members and the family members of visitant also and today morning we saw a chief minister uh visiting the residence of late actor and politician Vijay saying his respect and as his body has now
- reached the DMD office can expect several political party leaders and the public to pay their last respects at the party office okay all right uh mug an thank you for bringing us those details he has survived by his wife Prepalatal and their two sons our condolences are with them at this