Actor Vijay's Makkal Iyakkam to contest in local body elections this year

With local body elections all set to happen on February 19, reports say that the Actor Vijay's Makkal Iyakkam is likely to contest in  urban local elections this year.

Bussy Anand, the General Secretary of the Vijay Makkal Iyakkam said in a recent meeting said, 'We will contesting the polls and candidates will be finalised by the District Officer."

Actor Vijay, who has a huge fan base in Tamil Nadu, has been talking about social and political issues in his films for a while now.

The Tamil Nadu State Election Commission on Wednesday announced the schedule for the urban local body polls which are to begin by February 19th. By March first week, Municipal Corporations, including Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Vellore, Tiruchy, Salem, and others, will have elected Mayors after six years.

The counting of votes will be on February 22. The filling of nominations will be from January 28-February 4 and the last day of nomination withdrawal is on February 7.