TN CM Vijay To Visit Tiruchirappalli on June 1, Address Public
He is expected to take part in a 'thanksgiving meeting' at St Joseph's College in Trichy
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay is expected to visit Tiruchirappalli on June 1 to thank the voters of Tiruchirappalli East Assembly constituency from where he won and subsequently resigned his seat, party sources said. However, there was no immediate official information or itinerary on the chief minister's expected trip to the Cauvery delta city in central Tamil Nadu.
TVK president Vijay had successfully contested from both Tiruchirappalli East and Perambur (Chennai) Assembly constituencies. In Tiruchirappalli East, he won with a comfortable margin of 27,416 votes against his nearest DMK rival S Inigo Irudayaraj.
He also defeated DMK candidate R D Shekar in the Perambur constituency by a margin of 53,715 votes. However, Vijay opted to resign the Trichirappalli seat to retain Perambur.
TVK party sources here said that Vijay is scheduled to leave from Chennai on June 1 by a special flight.
He is expected to take part in a 'thanksgiving meeting' at St Joseph's College in Trichy. TVK sources said senior party functionaries are making all necessary arrangements.
Sources further said that during his visit to Tiruchirappalli, Vijay is likely to inspect and assess the functioning of government departments.