While several names are on the card, the BJP will most likely be picking a leader from the Lingayat Community as the Chief Minister as this community gives a strong voter base for BJP in Karnataka.

The driver, who absconded after the incident, was identified as Satheesh Kumar from Perambalur and he was arrested by the police on July 26 - Monday.

Hearing his petition on Tuesday, the Madras High Court has stayed the order pronounced by the single-judge bench that had asked him to pay the penalty.

The recent border skirmish has heavily disturbed the state's identities and brought the feud to the limelight again.

After meeting the Prime Minister, Edappadi Palaniswami had addressed the reporters during which he claimed that they urged the Prime Minister to pay heed to their demands. 

His resignation was widely expected on Monday as the result of a political crisis in the state where the veteran politician had earned a pile of rebels from within the party in his two-year term. 

It must be noted that the prices of per dose of Covaxin and Covishield at the private hospitals stand at Rs 1,410 and Rs 780 respectively.

ADMK party had come in support of Vijayabaskar and the party's leadership had strongly condemned the raids and slammed the DMK government for its retaliatory actions against the opposition parties.