New Delhi: Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) founder-leader and actor Vijayakanth, succumbed to Covid-19 in Chennai on the age of 71 on Thursday, following a optimistic take a look at end result.Vijayakanth was hospitalized and positioned on ventilator help attributable to respiratory difficulties he skilled.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his grief over the demise of Vijayakanth who was Extensively generally known as ‘Captain’. Taking to microblogging website X (previously Twitter), PM wrote, “Extraordinarily saddened by the passing away of Thiru Vijayakanth Ji. A legend of the Tamil movie world, his charismatic performances captured the hearts of hundreds of thousands. As a political chief, he was deeply dedicated to public service, leaving a long-lasting affect on Tamil Nadu’s political panorama. His passing leaves a void that can be laborious to fill.”
Extraordinarily saddened by the passing away of Thiru Vijayakanth Ji. A legend of the Tamil movie world, his charismatic performances captured the hearts of hundreds of thousands. As a political chief, he was deeply dedicated to public service, leaving a long-lasting affect on Tamil Nadu’s political… pic.twitter.com/di0ZUfUVWo
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 28, 2023
Vijayakanth’s life is marked by a profitable profession within the Tamil movie business. He featured in 154 films earlier than venturing into politics. Whereas holding a place at Nadigar Sangam (formally generally known as the South Indian Artistes’ Affiliation (SIAA)), Vijayakanth introduced revolutionary adjustments to the South movie business.
He based Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazgam in 2005. In 2006, DMDK contested in all meeting seats and bagged a lowly 10 per cent of the overall vote share. Nonetheless, not one of the occasion’s candidates, aside from the founder-leader got here out on the profitable aspect.
In 2011, DMDK fought the elections in alliance with the AIADMK and contested 41 constituencies, profitable 26. The Captain’s occasion scripted historical past, profitable extra seats than the DMK in 2011 and emerged because the principal Opposition Occasion that yr.
Vijayakanth served because the chief of the Opposition within the Tamil Nadu Meeting from 2011-2016. Later, owing to variations of opinion, the DMDK broke ties with the AIADMK, leading to bulk resignations of DMDK MLAs.
The occasion, subsequently, misplaced its standing of being the primary Opposition occasion. He served as a Member of the Legislative Meeting twice, representing the Virudhachalam and Rishivandiyam constituencies.
The DMDK contested the 2014 parliament elections in alliance with the NDA however confronted an enormous defeat and its vote share noticed a major drop. Within the 2016, 2019 and 2021 elections, the DMDK did not carry out nicely as Vijayakanth battled well being issues.
