A day after actor Vijay addressed a massive rally of his newly launched party—Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam—at Vikravandi in Villivakkam district, both the Dravidian major sought to downplay his potential influence in the state politics.
As tens of thousands of people flocked to this small town on Sunday as Vijay unveiled his political agenda, debates are on whether the actor-politician can unsettle the political equations, largely dominated by the DMK and the AIADMK, in Tamil Nadu.
The DMK maintained that the TVK had copied its ideology. Party leader T.K.S. Elangovan said DMK has seen many rivals in its long innings and it will continue to be strong.
Vijay had said his party would oppose the NEET exam in Tamil Nadu and also dropped hints at its opposition to the office of governor.
"These are all our policies, he is copying...whatever he says is what we had already said and which we are following,” Elangovan told PTI.
He further noted that several DMK leaders had gone to jail fighting for people’s cause in its 75-year-old journey. “The DMK was built thus, fighting for people's issues, whereas Vijay's party aspires to be in power in 2026, immediately after entering politics,” he mocked.
The AIADMK congratulated Vijay on his political entry, but said the ideology outlined by the TVK is a cocktail ideology.
“TVK's ideology is a mix of ideology of all parties and old wine in new bottle...a cocktail ideology taken from all political parties in Tamil Nadu,” said AIADMK spokesperson Kovai Sathyan.
In his address, Vijay had launched frontal attack on both the DMK and the BJP, terming the Dravidian party has his electoral enemy and the saffron party as his ideological opponent.
BJP, however, sees Vijay’s electoral entry as a good sign as the party feels that the actor-politician may help in dividing the votes of the Dravidian parties and weakening the DMK.
"I hope Mr Vijay would help me by speaking on Dravidian stock (ideology) and divide those votes," BJP leader H. Raja said.
