Vijayakanth founded the DMDK in 2005.
The party won 10% of the vote in the 2009 Lok Sabha election held in Tamil Nadu but went on the decline starting in the early 2010s.As COVID-19 cases have been going up in the country, the attendant spiral in deaths is causing concern . Altogether 702 cases and six deaths with COVID-19 have been reported across the country, according to government data.
Regional and national leaders condoled Vijayakanth’s died on Thursday.