The most striking feature of Tamil Nadu’s post-poll realignment was not just TVK’s emergence as the single largest party, but the speed with which a support structure appeared to form around it. After the results, TVK sought support from Congress and are looking to secure backing from VCK, CPI and CPM, all parties aligned with the broader anti-BJP opposition space, while Congress moved unusually fast to extend support after Vijay’s request. That sequence makes one ask whether TVK’s rise was entirely organic or whether it was always meant to fit into a larger arrangement, orchestrated by the Deep State.
Political Parties & Their Moves
The pattern has raised eyebrows because the early post-result outreach appeared selective. TVK wrote to VCK, CPI and CPM seeking support to form the government, and Congress quickly confirmed that Vijay had requested its backing within a short period of time. The first documented moves were not toward every available party in the state, but toward Congress and specific parties from the DMK alliance orbit, strengthening the perception that this was not improvisation under pressure but the activation of a prepared script.
As of publishing this report, the DMK has ‘given permission’ to smaller parties to join TVK in forming the government.
Congress’s speed made the picture even more intriguing. Reports said Rahul Gandhi was in favour of supporting TVK and that a late-night virtual meeting of the Congress Political Affairs Committee cleared the Tamil Nadu unit to move ahead. Other reporting indicated that Congress had already begun reassessing its political options as ties with the DMK came under strain, suggesting that the pivot to Vijay may have been politically anticipated rather than suddenly discovered after the verdict.
Media Projecting Vijay As The Hero Politician
Aside from the political parties, the way the media functioned during the run up to the polls leaves a lot of questions than answers.
TVK chief Joseph Vijay met with NDTV team and the India Today head Rajdeep Sardesai when they were in Chennai for their respective conclaves.
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EXCLUSIVE: India Today Senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai met our Thalapathy Vijay yesterday. pic.twitter.com/BFIPnPS24w
— Actor Vijay Team (@ActorVijayTeam) February 12, 2026
Over the past couple of months, media that is based in Delhi seemed to have stationed themselves in TN and closely monitored the situation while projecting Vijay as a king/kingmaker in the elections.
Several Tamil speaking journalists also attended U.S. State Department-linked International Visitor Leadership Program initiatives, including a media-focused programmes in 2025.
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There were more than 1 trip. And all were sponsored by US State dept under Biden. Apart from journalists multiple activists attended too.https://t.co/u2p5rllt2N
— 🌱 Maverick 🌱 🪷🥭 (@blutsanguineous) May 7, 2026
It is a known fact that the US state department has regularly hosted anti-national/anti-India influencers and journalists often. The US Embassy had invited The Deshbhakt for an event in July 2024.
The journalists who were part of such events were seen speaking in favour of TVK and Vijay in the run up to the polls and after. So is there a connection?
level that TN as a state cannot think of, by large international players. Vijay is an initial victory similar to @ArvindKejriwal of Delhi (who later f*ked up royally) in the runup to 2029 elections. If anyone with this knowledge understand this game, they would stop this soon.
— 🌱 Maverick 🌱 🪷🥭 (@blutsanguineous) May 7, 2026
The pattern is difficult to ignore. Sections of the Tamil media that were once deeply embedded in the Dravidian ecosystem appeared unusually quick to normalise Vijay’s rise and frame him as the inevitable “alternative.” These are not isolated events but interconnected developments within a larger political realignment.
The suspicion, increasingly voiced in political circles, is that Vijay is being positioned as a “safe disruptor” – disruptive enough to weaken the old Dravidian order, but acceptable enough to fit into a broader national opposition framework ahead of 2029. In that reading, TVK is not a full outsider movement but a carefully managed transition vehicle: anti-establishment in branding, but system-compatible in practice.
And that is why the question will continue to linger: was Vijay’s rise purely organic, or was it also aided by a wider ecosystem, media, political, and institutional that saw him as the ideal vehicle for reshaping Tamil Nadu’s political future?
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