You've So Many People's Blood: Puducherry Cop Isha Singh After Snatching Mike From Vijay's Aide Bussy Anand

A video of IPS officer Isha Singh confronting Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) general secretary Bussy Anand in Puducherry has gone viral, drawing sharp attention to the lingering shadow of the Karur stampede tragedy.

In the clip, Singh is heard rebuking Anand: "You have so many people's blood. You are telling me what am I doing, what are you doing? Forty people have died." Her remarks were a pointed reminder of the September 28 Karur rally stampede that claimed 41 lives. Another video shows Singh snatching the microphone from Anand, apparently moments before delivering her stern words.

Singh, daughter of former IPS officer Y.P. Singh and activist-lawyer Abha Singh, is herself a National Law School graduate who practised law before joining the civil services. Her intervention has been widely discussed online as emblematic of the police's heightened vigilance over crowd safety after Karur.

Vijay's First Rally Since Karur

Against this backdrop, TVK chief and actor-politician Vijay held his first-ever public meeting in Puducherry on Tuesday. The event, staged at the Uppalam Port Ground, drew a crowd larger than the police-permitted limit of 5,000.

Vijay spoke for over 12 minutes. He began by thanking the Puducherry administration for extending security to a rival party's event, praising Chief Minister N. Rangasamy's "impartial governance."

He contrasted this with Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK, saying the party could "learn from this sense of fairness"-though he quickly added that such learning was unlikely until voters forced change in 2026.

Unity and Statehood Demands

Vijay repeatedly stressed cultural unity between Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, dismissing the separation as an artificial construct of the central government. He invoked history, noting that M.G. Ramachandran had formed a government in Puducherry in 1974, before becoming Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister.

He also revived Puducherry's long-standing demand for statehood, pointing out that the Assembly had passed 16 resolutions on the issue without any response from the Centre. He criticised the lack of IT investments, poor tourism infrastructure, and neglect of regions like Karaikal.

Silence on BJP, Attack on DMK

What caught political observers' attention was Vijay's choice of targets. He avoided criticising Rangasamy or the NR Congress, while launching scathing attacks on the DMK and indirectly on the BJP-led Union government. Notably, he did not mention the BJP by name, though his references to central inaction were unmistakable.

Vijay accused both the Centre and DMK of neglecting Puducherry's needs, from ration shortages to unemployment. "The people of Puducherry should not trust the DMK. They will only deceive you," he warned, urging vigilance.

Expansion Beyond Tamil Nadu

Concluding his speech, Vijay assured the crowd that Puducherry was part of his political mission: "Do not think Vijay will speak only for Tamil Nadu. Puducherry is my duty too." He declared that the TVK flag would "fly in Puducherry during the Assembly elections," signalling ambitions to expand his party's footprint beyond Tamil Nadu.

The Puducherry rally, held 72 days after the Karur tragedy, thus served both as a test of crowd management and as a launchpad for TVK's broader political aspirations.