Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Actors Vijay, Vikram, Suriya cast votes in Chennai
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Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Actors Vijay, Vikram, Suriya cast votes in Chennai
Polling began in all the 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu on April 19 in the first phase of the 2024 general elections as the BJP’s ambition to emerge as a force challenging Dravidian parties in the State will be tested.
Several actors from Tamil Nadu’s film fraternity cast their votes in Chennai at polling booths across the city.
Actor Vijay caused a frenzy as fans mobbed him when he arrived at his polling station to cast his vote at Vels International Pre School in Neelankarai.
Vijay recently announced his foray into politics and named his political party Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam, adding that his party would contest the 2026 State Assembly elections. He also said that that he would fully involve himself in politics once his film commitments were completed.
On the film, the star’s next release GOAT (The Greatest Of All Time) has locked a release date of September 5, 2024 on the occasion of Vinayaka Chaturthi. His last release was the hit action drama Leo directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj.
Others stars like Vikram, Suriya, Karthi, Trisha, Raghava Lawrence, Andrea Jeremiah, Gautham Karthik, Sneha, Prasanna, Bharath and director Vetrimaaran were also seen voting at their respective centres.
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