Several Instagram handles with known pro-TVK leanings have been posting derogatory and vulgar content targeting various political and non-political persons. One such handle recently targeted Chennai Mayor Priya Rajan and DMK MLA PK Sekar Babu, triggering sharp condemnation from opposition parties and civil society groups.
One particularly offensive video which was morphed and sexually degrading was removed from the platform following public backlash, but the pages responsible continue to operate and produce mocking content targeting various political figures.
The deleted video is understood to have used morphed imagery of a vulgar song featuring dancer Mumaith Khan and actor Mukesh Tiwari in the film Kandasamy and used Mayor Priya Rajan, the 32-year-old DMK politician who has served as Chennai’s Mayor since March 2022, making her the youngest and third woman to hold the post, alongside former minister P.K. Sekar Babu. The nature of the content crossed well beyond political satire into explicit, sexualised territory.
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Look at how TVK’s online troll army is portraying Chennai Mayor Priya and Sekar Babu on Instagram. It’s absolutely disgusting. Even BJP-RSS handles look sane next to this toxic filthVijay unleashed these vicious cine warriors to hijack the election through social… pic.twitter.com/dC4Pcn36u2
— Kiran Kumar (@kirankspeaks) June 8, 2026
This is not an isolated incident. What distinguishes TVK’s social media behaviour from routine political spin is its structural character – it is not merely spontaneous enthusiasm from supporters, but an organised, multi-layered ecosystem comprising TVK-aligned influencer pages, meme networks, and even mainstream commercial media houses that appear to have abdicated their basic editorial responsibility.
Since the TVK government assumed power, social media has been saturated with misinformation portraying Chief Minister Vijay, his cabinet colleagues, and the party itself as having achieved many “firsts” in Tamil Nadu’s history.
The trajectory from election-period disinformation to post-election sexual harassment of women politicians was, for many observers, predictable. The same network of “cine warriors”: fan-to-activist accounts built over years around Vijay’s film persona that once flooded timelines with manufactured praise has now turned its tools toward opponents, with the same impunity.
The government’s response to the morphed video has been conspicuous silence, particularly striking given that the same administration swiftly dispatched a police team across districts to arrest YouTuber Maridhas within days of an AI-generated image involving Minister Keerthana circulating online.
The deleted video may be gone. But this is a calculated, systematic operation and without firm, impartial enforcement action, there is nothing to stop it from continuing.
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