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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay (file photo)

Last day of campaigning: Vijay's Coimbatore-to-Dharapuram dash, 2,000 cops, and the price of spectacle

On the final day of campaigning for the October 6 bypolls, Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay travels from Coimbatore to Dharapuram on Sunday, with police deploying some 2,000 personnel along a route through the city's narrow neighbourhoods. The bypolls — manufactured by the defections of two AIADMK...

4 October 2026 · 2 min read

Tamil Nadu

2,000 cops on a holiday road: Vijay's Coimbatore convoy turns a campaign trip into a city shutdown

CM C. Joseph Vijay lands in Coimbatore on Sunday and drives to Dharapuram for another round of bypoll campaigning, with roughly 2,000 police deployed along his route through crowded neighbourhoods. On a holiday, with traffic set to crawl: who does the bandobast serve — the city, or the campaign?

3 October 2026 · 2 min read