Actor-turned-politician Vijay is facing a barrage of backlash after addressing Chief Minister M.K. Stalin as “Uncle” during the second state-level conference of his Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) in Madurai. The comment has triggered sharp and highly personal responses from ruling DMK members, particularly two sitting MLAs who launched scathing verbal assaults.
During a land title distribution event in North Chennai the Thiruvottriyur DMK MLA K.P. Shankar mocked Vijay’s political ambitions, saying, “Today, those who are like Vijay (the actor), living like squirrels, don’t know anything. What would he know? All he knows is whether to go with Trisha or with Keerthy Suresh, nothing else. True governance is about feeling the struggles of the people and acting for them in education and healthcare. This Dravidian model rule is governing with these two, education and healthcare, as its two eyes.”
Shankar didn’t stop there. He took a personal dig, accusing Vijay of being incapable of taking care of his own parents or his wife, raising doubts about his ability to serve the public. “The same Vijay who now calls the CM ‘uncle’ once stood beside his father at Jayalalithaa’s residence in Poes Garden,” he pointed out.
He went on to say, “If our current Chief Minister were like Jayalalithaa, he would have stripped Vijay of clothes and made him run. But Stalin is a forgiving man, and so he let it slide.”
Adding to the controversy, another DMK MLA, V. C. Chandhirakumar, compared Vijay to a barking dog. “I’ll tell you one thing, sir. A dog barks at the sun. But the sun doesn’t get angry at the dog for it. That’s all. We know it’s a dog. Why should we take it so seriously? We are the sun. We are giving light to the whole world. So we’ll just keep doing our job,” he said. Without naming Vijay directly, Chandrakumar implied that reacting to such criticism was beneath the ruling party, comparing Stalin to the sun, which “shines on the world without getting involved in petty squabbles.” He also added, “I’ve just given a metaphor that a dog barks at the sun. If you choose to take it personally, I’m not responsible for that.”
The remarks, widely shared on social media, have sparked a fresh wave of political tension as Tamil Nadu approaches the 2026 assembly elections, with Vijay’s emergence clearly rattling the established players.
தவெக தலைவர் விஜயை அநாகரிகமாக விமர்சித்த DMK சட்டமன்ற உறுப்பினர்கள்..!#TVKvijay #Tvkmaanadu #DMK #MLA #TamilNews #NewsTamil #NewsTamil24x7 pic.twitter.com/7acLjJB0PG
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