Chennai: VCK president and Lok Sabha MP Thol Thirumavalavan said the contest for the second place is among the BJP, AIADMK and TVK.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Thirumavalavan said TVK president and actor turned politician Vijay, while addressing a public meeting, said his party will be the second largest in the state. After his (Vijay’s) claim, the contest now is among the BJP, AIADMK and TVK for the second place, he said.
Chief minister M K Stalin while responding to Vijay’s claim said on Saturday that DMK will always remain the “ruling party”. Stalin said, “The fight is always to become the opposition party as we are always the ruling party.”
AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami downplayed Vijay’s remarks, attributing it to his efforts to energize his cadres. “People have recognized AIADMK as the main opposition,” he told reporters in Salem.
After Stalin and Palaniswami, Thirumavalavan also responded strongly to Vijay’s claims. On Union home minister Amit Shah’s claim that NDA will form the govt in Tamil Nadu, Thirumavalavan said Shah knows that it is impossible for NDA to form govt in Tamil Nadu.
“The opposition parties have not taken any strong stand so far. AIADMK has not formed an alliance, BJP could not form an alliance. TVK has yet to make a concrete decision. Under these circumstances, stating that NDA will form govt in 2026 is funny,” he said.
He said the situation is not ripe for a coalition govt in the state. “The time will be conducive for a coalition govt only when one of the two main Dravidian parties become weak,” he said.
He said BJP-AIADMK alliance is not based on policy. The parties in the alliance led by DMK may have differences of opinion but aligned together based on a common policy, he said.
On MNS chief Raj Thackeray’s comment that people saying that they cannot speak Marathi in Maharashtra will get a slap, he said Tamil Nadu continues to inspire other states in preserving their native languages.