Chennai:
The confrontation between Tamil Nadu’s ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and actor-politician Vijay’s fledgling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam flared up once more Monday, with Chief Minister MK Stalin accusing “new events” of eager to “get rid of” the DMK. Mr Stalin, nevertheless, performed down the import of such threats, declaring, “I can solely say, ‘lengthy reside those that chide us’.” The riposte comes a day after Vijay focused the ruling celebration on a number of points, together with sale of liquor and legislation and order.
Though Mr Stalin didn’t particularly point out Vijay or his TVK, the reference was clear, with the Chief Minister saying sarcastically, “… as (former Chief Minister and DMK icon) CN Annadurai stated, I can solely say ‘lengthy reside these chide us’ and that our intention is to do good for the general public.”
“We do not have to reply to others needlessly… we do not wish to waste time as we do not have sufficient to serve the individuals,” the DMK boss stated, as he preps for the 2026 Tamil Nadu election.
“In a single phrase, if I have to say one thing, I can say ‘vazhga vasavalargal‘ (translated as ‘let those that criticise us reside’). I’m not anxious about these issues,” he stated, including, “… even those that launch new events (the remark seen as a jab at Vijay) need the DMK eradicated.”
To that finish, Mr Stalin this morning reproved “just a few media” publications for circulating photographs from final 12 months’s devastating floods to assert waterlogging after a spell of heavy rain in October.
“A couple of media used flood visuals of final 12 months (to) declare there’s waterlogging now… just a few do that, not all. Please do not mistake me… (however) they do not just like the DMK rising,” he stated,
“All I can humbly ask of them is to think about our achievements over the previous practically 4 years.”
On Sunday, Vijay’s TVK launched a multi-pronged assault on the DMK and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Occasion, accusing the previous over the sale of alcohol by government-controlled outlets and criticising the latter over the contentious NEET for medical programs.
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At a gathering of district-level celebration officers, the TVK handed 26 resolutions, together with condemning the union authorities’s ‘One Nation, One Election’ proposal. There was additionally a decision in opposition to Mr Stalin’s authorities for its dealing with of the southern state’s funds.
Vijay’s TVK has ruffled the feathers of each the DMK and its long-time rival, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, because it was registered as a political celebration on September 8.
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The DMK and AIADMK, and the Dravidian ideology at their core, dominate Tamil Nadu politics, making it subsequent to unimaginable for nationwide events just like the BJP and Congress to make their mark. The TVK will hope to interrupt that stranglehold with assist from the actor’s immense reputation.
Maybe predictably, the TVK has not been acquired favourably by the DMK or AIADMK.
Earlier Vijay accused the DMK, and hit out on the Chief Minister and his household’s legacy, of getting cheated the individuals of Tamil Nadu “within the title of the Dravidian mannequin”.
Final week the ruling celebration dismissed the newcomer’s political ideology as having been copied from its books, whereas the opposition celebration referred to as it a “cocktail” of varied political positions.
“These are all our insurance policies, he’s copying… no matter he says is what we already stated and which we’re following,” the DMK’s TKS Elangovan instructed information company PTI.
AIADMK spokesperson Kovai Sathyan congratulated Vijay on getting into politics however stated he has a protracted technique to go to ship. TVK’s ideology “is a mixture of ideology of all events and outdated wine in new bottle…a cocktail ideology taken from all political events in Tamil Nadu,” he stated.
As for the Congress, which is allied with the DMK on the state and nationwide ranges (the latter below the INDIA bloc banner), the celebration’s state unit, broadly seen because the junior member of the DMK alliance, has distanced itself from any speak of an settlement with Vijay and his TVK.
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State Congress chief Okay Selvaperunthagai stated solely the Delhi workplace might make that decision.
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