Congress president Sonia Gandhi and AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalitha in the capital on April 15, 1999. The Congress president invited the AIADMK supremo to a tea party to congratulate her on her spectacular victory in the Tamil Nadu assembly elections | Photo credit: The Hindu Archives
Last week, actor and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam founder C. Joseph Vijay disappointed his supporters when he did not address them at the Karaikudi assembly election rally on April 10, 2026, as his arrival was delayed “due to huge crowds en route” from Madurai.
Mr. Vijay’s “quiet” campaign has revived memories of developments that took place more than a quarter of a century ago in Tamil Nadu at the height of the 1999 assembly elections.
Published – 15 April 2026 07:00 IST
