A day after self-styled ‘music director’ and DMK stooge James Vasanthan reported that his car window had been vandalised in Tiruvanmiyur, the police have clarified that the incident arose from a local parking dispute and was not politically motivated, as reported in DTNext.
According to police, an FIR was registered on Monday, 27 April 2026, based on Vasanthan’s complaint that unidentified persons had hurled a stone at his car, shattering its window. The incident occurred when the composer had stepped out for a meal at a restaurant in Kottivakkam and returned to find the damage.
Earlier, Vasanthan had shared a video on social media raising doubts about whether the vandalism could be linked to supporters of political groups, including references to Bharatiya Janata Party and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, and had also suggested that Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam might be reflecting similar behaviour.
Speaking to media, when asked about the ‘attacks’ on social media, he began blaming the BJP and RSS. He said, “I come from an earlier generation that has seen more cultured, decent politics from the time I was a small boy. After social media and digital media came, the way some people react here has become very vulgar, disgusting, low-grade and filled with bad, unnecessary words. Whoever says anything, whoever expresses an opinion or criticism, they are attacked in filthy ways – not only personally, but their family, parents, wives and children are all dragged in and abused. An ugly, disgusting culture has taken root.”
Taking aim at the BJP, he said, “We know which party taught this first. If we look, they were the ones who did all this earlier. And now, we see that the newly formed party of actor Vijay has also started following the same path. If you look at the kind of words used in comments and the angle from which they attack, you can tell which party it is. Today, in India, there are basically two parties that do this: one is RSS–BJP, who have been doing it for long. The disgusting social media strategy they trained their people in is now being faithfully copied by TVK Vijay’s supporters and youth. This is not good at all. It is not good for their future or for their social standing. What will their parents or family members husbands, wives, children, think when they see this? With what moral authority can they advise their own children at home, when they themselves are talking in such filthy ways online? Their family can very well say, “You yourself speak so obscenely, don’t you?” This has to change from the roots. We in Tamil Nadu have always taken pride in being an enlightened society. People from other Indian states look at Tamil Nadu as a peaceful state with good economic development, a place where one can earn and live without big problems, where there is social harmony. If these two groups together start destroying that image and that reality, it will only harm us. It will be a big obstacle to our progress. All this needs to stop completely. Only if the right kind of leaders emerge will these things get corrected – that is my understanding.”
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