Trichy East, April 2 -- TVK Party president Vijay on Friday filed his nomination to contest the upcoming assembly elections from the Trichy East constituency. He had earlier filed his nomination for the Perambur seat on March 30.

Vijay is contesting from two seats, Preambur and Trichy East- against DMK's incumbent MLAs RD Sekar and Inigo S Irudayaraj, respectively. The Perambur constituency used to be a CPI(M) bastion till 2016. RD Sekar has held the seat since winning the bypolls in 2019.

A TVK carcade was present at Tiruchirappalli Airport, where party cadres gathered to welcome the leader ahead of his official engagements.

On March 30, Vijay unveiled the party's manifesto for the upcoming elections, promising "anti-drug protection z...