Tamil Nadu election result: Vijay's fan attempts suicide after rumours spread of TVK losing election

Tamil Nadu election result: Vijay's fan attempts suicide after rumours spread of TVK losing election

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 Early trend was showing Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam behind in the race to form the government which disappointed some of the fans of Thalapathy Vijay as he is popularly known.

Counting is on for the four state elections - Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. While BJP is leading in two of the states Assam and West Bengal with a comfortable margin that will help form the government, in Tamil Nadu superstar Vijay's party Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) is sitting on a comfortable lead of 105 seats. However, early trend was showing TVK behind in the race to form the government which disappointed some of the fans of Thalapathy Vijay as he is popularly known.

One of his fans after seeing TVK fall behind in the race, went to the extent of trying to kill himself by slitting his throat, reported Times of India.

Mahendra, 28, a resident of Krishnagiri attempted to kill himself by slitting his throat after hearing rumours that the actor would lose the assembly election.

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"Onlookers rescued him and took him to Krishnagiri Government Medical College and Hospital, where he is receiving intensive treatment," an officer at the Krishnagiri town police station was quoted as saying by the news outlet.

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Actor-politician Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) is leading in over 100 seats leaving behind AIADMK and DMK-led by Chief Minister MK Stalin, its main rival. If TVK wins, the citadel of Dravidian politics for over 50 years, dominated by the DMK and AIADMK, will see an end.

Out of the 234 seats TVK was leading on 106 seats, followed by ADMK 78 and DMK 48 seats. The DMK is seeing trailing in over100 seats that it won in the previous election, while for the DMK there is a marginal increase in its numbers.

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