DMK YouTuber Senthilvel sparked outrage with a viral video clip where he mocked IT professionals in Tamil Nadu for allegedly voting for TVK and other parties in the Assembly polls that took place on 23 April 2026. In the clipping, Senthilvel’s comments, captured in a widely shared clip, tie IT workers’ jobs and basic sustenance to DMK patronage. He said, “Many people who work in IT companies have voted in Chennai for TVK. If someone is sitting with a plate of rice in front of them and eating that rice, and eating it with salt, that rice was given to them by the DMK. I’m using a slightly harsh word here, and I do not care about anything.”
He further said, “Because in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh, there are no IT companies, boss. Did your grandfather and father study computers? No. When the computer was invented in the world and began slowly spreading to many countries, it was Rajiv Gandhi who brought computers into India. That’s right, he introduced it. But sadly, he was assassinated. After that there were many regime changes, forget all that. But in Tamil Nadu, during the early days of computers, one state understood that this was the computer age and that computers would be everything. That state brought computers into school textbooks, introduced computer education, introduced computer science courses, established computer colleges in every district and every town, educated you in computers, and then brought TIDEL Park and other huge IT parks into Tamil Nadu so that the children who studied computers could get jobs. The root of all that was laid by the DMK. Today, you go abroad from here, you go on onsite and offshore assignments, you go to America, get green cards, and settle there. All of that was seeded by the DMK. At that time, when Karunanidhi was planning computer education and computer studies, actor Vijay was dancing in songs with Sangavi. Actor Vijay was dancing with Simran. I’m not saying that’s wrong; that was his profession. But it was the DMK that built a computer empire so that you could study and become somebody important. You say you don’t want DMK, you don’t want AIADMK, but you will support 100 candidates who came from AIADMK, and if you think that is called change, then are you a bunch of educated fools or not? I’m saying it again: you are not going to win – that’s another matter. Leave that aside and speak honestly.”
ஐடி ஊழியர்கள் எல்லோரும் சென்னையில தவெக-வுக்கு தான் ஓட்டு போட்டு இருக்காங்களாம். அதனால அவங்க எல்லாம் சோத்துல உப்பு போட்டு திங்கிறாங்களான்னு கேக்குறாரு செந்தில் வேல். அதோட அவங்க சாப்டுற சாப்பாடு திமுக போட்ட பிச்சையாம். pic.twitter.com/YmWfQ6fSmQ
— Sai Jegadheesh (@saijegadheeshh) April 26, 2026
He defended the party’s role in IT development under former leader Karunanidhi. The video clipping gained traction on social media platforms as the state waits for the results of the just concluded 2026 TN Assembly polls.
Senthilvel’s IT Claims Don’t Hold Up
DMK YouTuber Senthilvel defends his party’s role by attributing Tamil Nadu’s IT success solely to Karunanidhi’s “Dravidian model,” while questioning why other states like Karnataka and Maharashtra thrive without it.
Karnataka tops India’s IT exports with ₹4-5.5 lakh crore (FY24-26 estimates), led by BJP-Congress governments – there is no Dravidian presence.
Maharashtra ranks second at ₹1.2-2.12 lakh crore
Telangana holds third (~₹1-1.5 lakh crore), under Congress rule.
Tamil Nadu sits fourth with ~₹2.26 lakh crore (FY23-24), competitive but not leading despite DMK governance.
These four states drive over 80% of India’s software exports, showing market dynamics, not ideology, fuel growth.
IT companies expand in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, and Pune without Dravidian policies, via investments and infrastructure.
Everything Is Not Due To Dravidianism
Senthilvel’s remarks don’t just misfire – they expose a deeper arrogance in political messaging that treats citizens as dependents rather than contributors. Reducing IT professionals to people “fed” by a party is not just insulting, it is factually hollow and politically tone-deaf.
What makes the comment particularly jarring is the inversion of reality: IT professionals are not recipients of political charity – they are among the highest taxpayers, wealth creators, and job generators in the country. If anything, it is the system that runs on their productivity, not the other way around.
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