Part-time politician and actor Joseph Vijay, who heads Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has proved to be a filtered Dravidian Stock peddling missionary agenda by wishing for Tamil New Year on Pongal day.
“On this Thai Pongal festival, the Tamil harvest celebration, may the lives of Tamil kin across the world be filled with love and peace, and may their well-being and prosperity abound. Heartfelt Pongal and Tamil New Year greetings to one and all!“, Vijay wrote in his official party social media page.
He did the same on Pongal day of 2024 as well.
பொங்கல் திருநாள்!
உலகமே போற்றி வணங்கும் உழவர் திருக்கூட்டத்தின் ஒப்பற்ற கொண்டாட்டத் திருநாள். கால்நடைகள் நன்மதிப்புப் பெறும் நன்றித் திருநாள். காளைகள் திமில் நிமிர்த்திக் களம் காணும் வீரத் திருநாள்.2026இல் உண்மையான சமூக நீதி, உண்மையான சம நீதி, உண்மையான சமத்துவம், உண்மையான… pic.twitter.com/cKWbdjZsXU
— TVK Vijay (@TVKVijayHQ) January 13, 2025
By sending Tamil New Year wishes on Pongal, Vijay is proving to be no different than DMK.
Right from the party’s so-called ‘Secular Social Justice Ideologies’ to asking for abolishing the Governor’s post, to opposing NEET, resisting Hindi, and advocating for a two-language policy, part-time politician Vijay has been doing nothing but aping the DMK.
Puthaandu or the Tamil New Year marks the first day of the first month (Chithirai) of the Hindu Tamil calendar that is based on the solar cycle. It usually falls on the 14th of April of the English Gregorian calendar.
However, the DMK and other ‘Dravidian Stockists’ observe Pongal (which occurs around January 14) as Tamil New Year as they argue that celebrating Chithirai 1 as the beginning of a new year amounts to following a ‘Brahmin-dominated’ or Sanskritic tradition which goes against Dravidian ideologies. It is nothing but an attempt to delink Hinduism from Tamil culture so that proselytizing forces can Christianize Pongal festival.
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