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TVK founder Vijay outlines party ideology, says divisive forces can be spotted easily, but identifying corrupt ones is harder as they wear mask and put on show

- SUBASHINI VIJAYAKUMAR

AT the inaugural conclave of his party, TVK founder Vijay declared the BJP as his ideological enemy and the DMK as his political adversary, without mentioning them by their names. He said those who are destroying the country through divisive politics are his ideological opponents and those who exploit people using terms like the 'Dravidian model government' and invoking icons like Periyar and Anna for their personal gain are his political opponents.

He said TVK had already declared its enemy when it said "equality at birth" is its core ideology: "When we took the principles of secular social justice, there were outcries. It will only get louder after this conclave.

Our ideological opponents are those who divide people along lines of religion, caste, race, gender and wealth," Vijay said, referring to the BJP. However, he said there is more than one enemy as the party's idelogy is to oppose the culture of corruption that has infested politics with a pointed reference to DMK. "We can spot divisive forces easily.

They are like a rogue elephant.