Karur, tamil Nadu – Tragedy struck during actor-politician Vijay’s rally on september 27, 2025. Over 20 people, including children, were crushed in a chaotic stampede. But amid the horror, one figure stood out — Finance minister Senthil Balaji. Not for heroism, but for how suddenly he appeared on the scene, live, within minutes of the disaster.
Eyewitnesses and video footage show something deeply suspicious: Balaji’s live broadcast began barely 10 minutes after the stampede erupted. In those first moments, he narrated the crowd situation with unnerving detail — exact choke points, injured spots, and police absence, almost as if he had already known what he would show.
For families trapped in the chaos, his live presence raises an uncomfortable question: How did a minister arrive so fast in a disaster that unfolded suddenly and in a dense, unpredictable crowd? Theories swirl: was it a coincidental on-time arrival, or was he pre-positioned for optics, knowing exactly where the tragedy would occur?
The minister’s broadcast also shifted the narrative in real time. While the public processed horror, balaji pointed out negligence — but critics argue that such detailed commentary so early could only come from prior knowledge of vulnerabilities, not an on-the-spot reaction.
Observers are left questioning the chain of events. The stampede, the deaths, the chaos — all tragically real. But the timing of Balaji’s appearance and his almost scripted live narrative casts a long shadow over the official story. Was it governance, or a carefully timed political optics maneuver?
In Karur, grief and suspicion now walk hand in hand. Every frame of that 10-minute live feed demands scrutiny — not just for what it revealed about safety failures, but for why the minister was there so fast, so prepared, at a scene of sudden calamity.
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