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Even before Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president C. Joseph Vijay entered politics, he was known as an actor of few words. That trait appeared to carry into his campaign trail on Monday, as he moved through Tiruvallur and Chennai in a high-voltage roadshow — waving, smiling, and occasionally whistling to the crowds, but without stopping to address them.

If words were few, the response was anything but. Beginning in Ponneri, where he campaigned for candidate M.S. Ravi, Mr. Vijay’s vehicle was swallowed by a dense, restless crowd. Supporters surged forward for a closer look, many jogging alongside the slow-moving convoy, others craning from terraces, buses, and barricades. The air was filled with chants, mobile phone cameras, and the hum of excitement that followed his every movement.

In the middle of the charged atmosphere, Mr. Vijay briefly stopped to greet a just-married couple along the route, and offered his wishes as the crowd around them erupted in cheers. From Ponneri, the roadshow wound its way into the city, passing through Villivakkam, Anna Nagar, and Virugambakkam, where he campaigned for Aadhav Arjuna, V.K. Ramkumar, and Sabarinathan respectively. On each stretch, Mr. Vijay was atop his vehicle, acknowledging supporters with gestures, and the crowd responded with undiminished enthusiasm.

As the convoy moved, it gathered momentum and people. Candidates including Rhevanth Charan (Maduravoyal), V.S. Babu (Kolathur), and G. Balamurugan (Ambattur) joined in, while streams of supporters on bikes and on foot merged into the procession. The turnout also slowed traffic on several stretches, including the Padi flyover and parts of Anna Nagar, where vehicles were forced to inch forward as crowds spilled onto the roads. 

Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader K. Annamalai also led an extensive campaign across Chennai and its suburbs on Monday, canvassing votes for the BJP as well as its National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partners.

In Mylapore, campaigning for BJP candidate Tamilisai Soundararajan, he invoked the constituency’s cultural identity, calling it the “sacred land of the Kapaleeswarar Temple”, and urged voters to back the NDA as a “symbol of change and democracy”.

Taking aim at the ruling party, he alleged a deterioration in law and order over the past five years, claiming thousands of murders and sexual offences had been recorded. He also accused the government of large-scale corruption in Chennai’s storm-water drain projects, remarking that the city had been turned from “Singara Chennai” into “Sinking Chennai”.

In Avadi, campaigning for BJP candidate Rajasimha Mahindra, Mr. Annamalai said the constituency had been turned into a “drug hub” and called on voters to “ensure a decisive victory for the lotus symbol” to bring about change.

Extending support to alliance partners, he also campaigned for AIADMK candidates across key constituencies, including S.R. Vijayakumar (Villivakkam), Abhishek Rangasamy (Egmore), S. Gokula Indira (Anna Nagar), P. Benjamin (Maduravoyal), and K.P. Kandhan (Sholinganallur), among others.

Mr. Annamalai also addressed meetings for PMK candidate K.N. Sekar in Ambattur, AMMK’s G. Senthamizhan in Saidapet, Indian Democratic Party’s Venkatesan in Pallavaram, AIADMK’s Saravanan in Alandur, and Chitlapakkam Rajendiran in Tambaram.