Overview
- Posting on X, TVK president Vijay accused the ruling DMK of running a coordinated smear campaign against him and his party.
- He asserted that defamation has been the party’s guiding ideology since 1969 and linked it to corruption and bribery.
- He questioned the government’s social-justice credentials, citing its refusal to conduct a caste-based survey and what he called performative invocations of Tamil identity.
- He labeled the state’s Festival of Knowledge a “Festival of Defamation,” saying the event featured veiled attacks and drew senior DMK leaders, including Udhayanidhi Stalin.
- He said TVK has offered only mild criticism so far, framed the post as a reply to comments by M. K. Stalin and Udhayanidhi Stalin, and vowed to prove TVK’s strength in the 2026 Assembly polls.