Vijay targets DMK, defends cadre at first public meet after Karur tragedy

IN his first "public speech" after the Karur stampede, actor and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay continued to train his guns solely at the ruling DMK, trying to position his party as the principal opposition in 2026, and listed out his aspirational goals for the voters a permanent house, a motorcycle, and a car.

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TVK president Vijay addresses an indoor meeting at an auditorium in Sunguvarchattiram on Sunday

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Taking a direct swipe at Chief Minister MK Stalin for questioning TVK's ideology, Vijay asserted that despite declaring that "all are equal at birth" as its core ideology, TVK was being labelled as a party bereft of principles.

While targeting the ruling party on corruption, governance, and dynastic politics, Vijay gave an angry alliterative riposte to his party cadres being trolled as "tharkuri" (unlettered) on social media by opposition parties. "My cadres are not "tharkuris", they are the people who will make the future of DMK a "kelvi kuri" (a question mark). They are "acharya kuri" (exclamation mark) of Tamil Nadu politics, and are the "arikuri" (indication) of the change happening in Tamil Nadu politics," he said.