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Vijay Names Madurai East Seat as TVK Launches Solo Statewide Bid for 2026

He cast the election as a head-to-head with the DMK, rejecting alliances with the BJP or DMK.

TVK chief Vijay asserted that his party's ideological enemy was the BJP while the ruling DMK remains its political enemy.
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Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief and actor Vijay during an event in Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu.

Overview

  • At TVK’s second state conference near Madurai, Vijay confirmed his candidacy from Madurai East and was presented as the party’s chief ministerial face following executive committee backing.
  • TVK will contest across Tamil Nadu, with Vijay saying the party plans to field candidates in all 234 constituencies and urging voters to treat each TVK nominee as his proxy.
  • Calling the BJP his ideological foe and the DMK his political rival, Vijay said the 2026 Assembly race would be a direct fight between TVK and the DMK, while alleging a covert DMK–BJP understanding.
  • The Madurai show of strength featured extensive security and logistics, a 300-metre ramp, and imagery invoking 1967 and 1977 to signal a 2026 breakthrough.
  • The mobilisation drew scrutiny after a 33-year-old TVK worker collapsed en route and was declared dead at Madurai Government Rajaji Hospital, according to the hospital dean.