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From PTR To Vijay, Netizens Dig Out Jibes Against Udhayanidhi Stalin Over His ‘Unfitness’ For The Post

September 30, 2024
The Commune

On 29 September 2024, Minister of Youth Welfare and Sports Development, Udhayanidhi Stalin, was sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister, barely 3 years after he first won an assembly election. The producer-turned-filmstar-turned-politician entered Tamil Nadu politics by winning his first assembly election in 2021. Just over a year later, in December 2022, he was appointed as a minister in his father M.K. Stalin’s cabinet, solidifying his position as a rising figure within the DMK.

Despite being a political newcomer, he oversees several important portfolios, including Youth Welfare and Sports Development, the Poverty Alleviation Programme, Rural Indebtedness, and his father’s flagship Special Programme Implementation department.

However, several political figures have questioned his qualifications. These include former TN Finance Minister PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan to actor-turned-politician Vijay. Netizens shared videos of these statements and jibes made at Udhayanidhi Stalin over the years.

In an undated interview, PTR is seen saying, “If you run the party for unfit, useless successors, then some talented party will enter the scene and wash you away.”

Actor-turned-politician Vijay in another video which is from the success meet for the film Leo, is seen taking jibes at Udhayanidhi on stage. Udhayanidhi is seen seated at the event. Vijay says, “There’s a little boy in a home, he very longingly wears his dad’s shirt, he’d wear his dad’s watch, he would sit on his dad’s chair. That shirt wouldn’t fit him, it would be very loose. The watch would also not fit his wrist. Whether he can sit on the chair or not, is he qualified for it or not, he doesn’t know that. He wears his dad’s clothes. It is his dream to be like his dad.”

 

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In an undated video, DMK’s Student Wing President Rajiv Gandhi says, “If he is Stalin’s son, will he not be qualified? Will Kanimozhi lose qualification just because she is Karunanidhi’s daughter? How did Karunanidhi’s daughter and grandson get qualified? Didn’t anyone else get qualified? These seem to be steps to pacify the family. In 50 years, we feel it is against the party’s constitution as well.”

Netizens also shared their displeasure at how nepotism helped Udhayanidhi climb the ranks so quickly.

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