CHENNAI: TVK chief Vijay on Thursday (April 2) filed his nomination for the Tiruchirappalli East constituency for the April 23 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. The actor-politician earlier filed his nomination from Perambur Assembly seat in Chennai.
He waited for around 35 minutes at the office of the Returning Officer after reaching the venue at about 11.25 am, as officials carried out the verification of documents.
Vijay avoided the media persons who had gathered at the venue to seek his comments.
Prior to the formal submission, Vijay had led a massive roadshow from the city airport with thousands of supporters and party cadres gathering to catch a glimpse of the leader.
During the procession near Melapudur, he briefly halted his convoy and stepped down from his vehicle to assist a two-wheeler rider who had met with a minor accident.
Due to the ongoing Class 10 board examinations in a nearby school, party organisers reportedly instructed cadres to refrain from blowing whistles -- the party's election symbol -- during the campaign event at Marakkadai.
The TVK leader is set to face a high-stakes contest in Tiruchirappalli East against incumbent DMK MLA Inigo Irudayaraj and AIADMK's K Rajasekaran.
Meanwhile, K Siranjeevi, son of former AIADMK minister Ku Pa Krishnan and a youth wing functionary, filed his nomination as an alternate candidate to Vijay.
Following the nomination process, Vijay is scheduled to launch an intensive campaign across the central district, where heavy police deployment remains in place to manage the surging crowds.
Polling for all 234 constituencies in Tamil Nadu will take place in a single phase on April 23, with the counting of votes scheduled for early May 4.
(With PTI inputs)