CHENNAI: In a couple of days after launching an app, more than 50 lakh people have joined the Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam as members.

According to the sources with the TVK, the membership portal which was launched on March 8 by their leader Vijay, attracted more than 50 lakh people as members as of March 10.

"People from all over the world, especially from Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, London and the US have joined as the members of TVK using the web portal. In Tamil Nadu, as of now, around 45 lakh people have joined as members. The membership drive wing also engaged in attracting more people into the party, " said a functionary from TVK membership wing.

Further, sources said that the target has also been set to add 25,000 members to each Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu.

"Each Assembly Constituency (AC) in-charge has been given up to three months to reach the target of 25,000 members. Our general secretary N Anand had also been advised to work hard to reach the target of 2 crore members. As a result, AC in-charges across the State have stepped into the field and intensified the work of attracting members, " sources added.

The TVK leaders informed that more than 20 lakh Identity-Cards have been issued within 15 hours of the membership registration and more than 30 lakh cards have been issued within 24 hours."Our leadership will soon issue the official data of our ongoing membership drive to the public, " informed the party insiders.