Vijay of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam accuses DMK and BJP of faking a fight over the three-language policy to mislead the public.

CHENNAI: In collusion with each other, DMK and BJP are pretending to be fighting over the three-language policy to deceive the public, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay has said.
Addressing his cadres to mark the party’s entry into its second year of existence, Vijay slammed the state and the Union govts for fighting “like LKG-UKG students” over central funding and National Education Policy. The actor-politician was, however, critical of Centre for “forcibly and politically” imposing a third language in violation of cooperative federalism and state autonomy.
He said the DMK-BJP game of deceit is being played out on social media. “There is no need for us to tell people. They know how big a deceit this is,” Vijay said in his 14-minute speech without once naming DMK, BJP, or the word ‘Hindi’. He said TVK respected all languages while advocating for individual choices.
Referring to Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor, who was on the dais, as his brother, Vijay said he was keen to collaborate with Kishor to uphold secular and democratic ideals “in Tamil Nadu and beyond”. This collaboration will not compromise his party’s ideological principles, he said.
TVK is an emerging primary political force in TN, aiming to create a historic impact in the upcoming 2026 assembly election, comparable to the 1967 and 1977 elections, he said.
‘Our party is not for pannaiyars’
Defending his choice of young people and those from humble backgrounds for party positions, Vijay attributed the victories of former CM’s C N Annadurai in 1967 and M G Ramachandran in 1977 to youngsters. “Our party is for ordinary people. Our functionaries will also come from humble backgrounds. Ours is not for the pannaiyar (landlord),” Vijay said, accusing those in politics of acting like landlords. TVK will democratically remove these landlords, who are more concerned with personal gains rather than public service, he said.
Noting that TVK was stepping into the second year with “no fear or anxiety”, Vijay said certain sections were feeling threatened by his entry into politics. “Politics is different. You will never know who will oppose or support whom and when. There are no permanent friends or foes in politics,” he said, announcing plans for a conference of booth-level agents soon.
Vijay launched the signature campaign ‘#GetOut’ to protest against the state and Union govts policies and governance.