Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), led by part-time politician Vijay, held its first general council meeting on March 28, 2025, in Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai.
During his brief 15-minute speech, Vijay attempted to conclude on a poetic note, quoting: “Before concluding my speech, a few words from William Blake… ‘Men may come, men may go, but I go on forever.'”
The problem? He misattributed the quote to William Blake, an English poet and painter.
However, the quote isn’t from William Blake at all—it’s a well-known refrain from Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem The Brook.
What makes this blunder even more laughable is that Vijay is backed by not one but three political strategists: Jhon Arockiasamy, Prashant Kishor, and Aadhav Arjuna—the latter having once worked as a strategist for DMK and VCK before jumping ship to TVK.
A speech of this significance would have undoubtedly gone through multiple revisions by Vijay’s communications team, making such a basic factual error all the more ridiculous. Even a simple ‘Google’ or ‘ChatGPT’ would’ve given the quote attributed to the correct person.
Clearly, just like Dravidian Model ‘Appa’ MK Stalin, Vijay too just parrots dutifully whatever is handed to him.
“Men may come, Men may go, But I go on forever” was not William Blake’s words.
It was from the poem “The Brook” written by Alfred Tennyson.
தற்குறி வெட்டி கழகம் for a reason. pic.twitter.com/q7UT2iBNMA
— Krishna Kumar Murugan (@ikkmurugan) March 28, 2025
In light of this, netizens have been roasting Vijay for his ignorance asking if TVK stands for “Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam” or “Tharkuri Vijay Kazhagam”.
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