TRICHY: Tensions in Tamil Nadu politics escalated on Saturday as senior DMK leaders launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Joseph Vijay, accusing him of utilizing cinematic theatrics to deflect from his government’s failures. During a massive state-level demonstration held at Marakkadai in Trichy, Deputy Leader of Opposition K.N. Nehru leveled serious allegations against the Chief Minister, claiming that the state’s leadership is more interested in scriptwriting than governance.
The protest was organized to condemn the Chief Minister’s recent derogatory remarks against former CM M.K. Stalin. Addressing the gathered crowd, Nehru stated that Vijay has adopted a policy of diversion to silence the opposition within the Legislative Assembly. “The Chief Minister reads his speeches as if he is acting in a movie. Whenever our Leader of the Opposition raises valid, urgent questions regarding the deteriorating law and order situation in the state, the CM shifts the narrative to historical topics like the Sarkaria Commission to avoid accountability,” Nehru said.
He further alleged that Vijay’s administration maintains a selective approach to political targeting. “He focuses all his criticism on the DMK, yet he remains conspicuously silent regarding the BJP. It is clear he fears the repercussions of challenging them,” Nehru added.
The event also served as a platform for the DMK to address recent fractures within the broader opposition alliance. In response to accusations from VCK leader Thirumavalavan, who recently blamed the DMK for the dissolution of their alliance, Nehru was firm. He insisted that the DMK has always been an accommodative partner. “The DMK was never, and will never be, the reason for an alliance breaking,” he asserted, while noting that the TVK’s silence on Rahul Gandhi’s potential candidacy for Prime Minister highlights the internal confusion currently plaguing their coalition.
The rhetoric grew even sharper as former minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi took the stage. Drawing a volatile parallel, Poyyamozhi remarked that Vijay’s public addresses remind him of the rhetoric of Adolf Hitler, accusing the TVK of prioritizing fabrications over the truth. “Speaking lies is the only principle the TVK operates on,” he claimed.
In a related development, former law minister S. Regupathy, speaking to reporters in Pudukottai, revealed that he had previously advised then-Chief Minister Stalin to initiate the arrest of Vijay following the tragic stampede in Karur on September 27. According to Regupathy, the former CM opted against the move based solely on humanitarian grounds, a decision he suggested was made to maintain political decorum.
As the DMK continues to ramp up its protests across the state, the political standoff between the opposition and the TVK government appears to be hardening, with both sides showing no signs of de-escalation ahead of the next assembly session.
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