TN Assembly Elections 2021: Vijay’s video of riding a bicycle to cast his vote goes viral

Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2021 kickstarted today and from common men to celebs, everyone has been casting their valuable votes. Popular Tamil celebs like Rajinikanth, Ajith Kumar, Kamal Haasan and family and Suriya and family among others had cast their respective votes. A video of actor Vijay arriving on a bicycle to cast his vote has gone viral. He was seen wearing a mask as per Covid-19 safety protocol. As per a report in ANI, the Thalapathy 65 actor rode the bicycle to the polling station at Vels International Pre School, Neelankarai in Chennai.

As Vijay has a huge fan following, fans went into a frenzy seeing him riding a bicycle and they followed him to have a glimpse of their favourite star. He was later forced to return by a bike. The crazy crowd gathered outside the polling booth and the actor couldn’t arrive back with his bicycle. As per reports, his bicycle was brought back by one of his employees. Police had to lathi-charge to chase the fans away.

Watch the viral video here.

#ThalapathyVijay cast his vote in style today. He rode a cycle from his residence to the polling centre and successfully cast his vote. pic.twitter.com/HxgMP46yh5

— Telugu FilmNagar (@telugufilmnagar) April 6, 2021

#TNAssemblyElection2021 #TNElections2021 #Thalapathy #ThalapathyVijay @actorvijay #vijay #Cycle South Indian box office king simplicity. Annan yaru thalapathy. Vaathi coming to pulling the vote for booth. Ini intha matter political la evlo issue aga poggutho pic.twitter.com/dg0eEyTOIM

— ʝʋƨт_ cαℓℓ_ мɛ_ мαяαи (@DhoniManimaran) April 6, 2021

Soon after the video and pictures of Vijay riding a bicycle to cast his vote went viral, there were reports that it was his political statement to protest against the petrol and diesel price rise. The reason behind why the Master actor opted to cycle from his house to the booth in Neelangarai is something else. Vijay’s team released a statement where they clarified stating, “The polling booth is in the street behind his house, and since it’s a narrow area, it would have been difficult to park his car there. This is why he opted to ride a bicycle instead, and there was no other motivation behind his actions.”

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