Chennai, March 20 -- Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay is rapidly advancing the process of candidate selection in view of the 2026 state Assembly polls.

As part of this, the first phase of interviews began on March 10 at the party headquarters in Panaiyur, Chennai. This process is seen as a crucial stage in the party's election preparations.

Following this, around 50 names are being finalised on Friday. In today's interviews, Vijay personally met and held discussions with potential candidates for about 50 constituencies. Through this process, he has already finalised candidates for nearly 110 out of the total 234 constituencies.

After completing the interviews at the party office, Vijay left and returned to his residence in Ne...