Joseph Vijay claims often that simple and poor people were made MLAs by the people and hence the public can rest assured that the MLAs are here to serve them.
But day in and day out, one TVK MLA after other claims they are poor and did not have money like the rest of the candidates.
KV Kuppam MLA Thendral Kumar
A few days ago, we saw TVK MLA from KV Kuppam claiming he was a poor man, did not own a car and walked without slippers and travelled by the MLA Special bus. A look at his affidavit exposed his lie – his affidavit stated he was worth ₹2.75 crore.
The Humble Driver Who Became The Benami?
One of the most popular personal background stories of the TVK candidates was that of Vijay’s former driver Rajendran’s son getting a ticket.
Now one would think this was very magnanimous of Vijay to recognise the driver’s services. But company filings tell a very different story. Rajendran, presented publicly as merely a driver, appears in Ministry of Corporate Affairs records as a director and shareholder in Vijay-linked firm Jaya Nagar Properties alongside Joseph Vijay and Sangeetha Vijay.
Auto Driver With Luxury Car Royapuram MLA
One of TVK’s most marketable stories was the rise of K.V. Vijay Damu, celebrated as an “ex-auto driver” who defeated heavyweight rivals in Royapuram. But news reports indicate that the same MLA does not own an auto and instead owns an Innova Crysta, undercutting the simplicity of the narrative that helped sell him to voters. If one thought he purchased the vehicles with a loan, no, the affidavit does not show a debt even.
His affidavit on Myneta identifies him as the TVK candidate from Royapuram, lists his profession as “Auto Consulting Business,” and shows total assets of roughly Rs 28.86 lakh.
He also has 4 criminal cases on himself. Well, owning a luxury vehicle does not by itself establish wrongdoing, but it does show that the public-relations image surrounding him deserves far more scrutiny than the slogan-driven storytelling it received during the campaign.
Illegal Quarrying Tirunelveli MLA
The more serious concern comes from Tirunelveli – R.S. Murugan, a TVK MLA publicly linked by anti-corruption campaigners to quarry-related allegations. Jayaram Venkatesan of Arappor stated that a quarry run in the name of Murugan’s wife, Sindhu, was accused of illegal quarrying of 96,000 cubic metres of rough stone, with a reported penalty of Rs 5.7 crore cited from an official report.
Rajmohan
Next in line is Egmore TVK MLA Rajmohan who was also sworn in as a minister in Joseph Vijay’s cabinet. Speaking at an event in Villivakkam, he claimed he was struggling to pay his mother’s house rent, but lo and behold, he was blessed with an MLA seat. But his affidavit says a different story.
At the event, Rajmohan said, “My heart swells. What do I say, what do I leave out? On counting day, what this man Aadhav sir did… Loyola College counting centre had, on one side, Egmore; on another, our constituency; on another, our leader’s constituency Perambur; and on another, Kolathur. Counting was going on everywhere. We went there early morning, completely tensed. First round finishes – we hear the whistle sounds. Second round finishes – again whistles. In the third round we came outside. I saw my dear brother Aadhav, he came running, hugged me and said, ‘Raj, we are leading.’ My eyes filled with joy. Then he said, ‘Do you know something else? In Kolathur also it is only whistle sounds.’ The whistle you blew in Villivakkam travelled through Egmore and continued into Kolathur. I can never forget that day. I spent the night sleepless, wondering what would happen. You asked so many questions in Villivakkam – can we even appoint booth agents, will money reach us? You brought the money, you poured it in, brother, you poured it into Villivakkam. We asked only one question: you gave 100‑crore worth of money to buy votes; if you had spent the same money for doing good in the constituency, would people have voted for you or not? They would have, right? But no. Our people are very sharp.”
He added, “Do you know what they did, these wise people? They took the money you gave and then voted for us. Victory, victory, victory – wherever we turned there was victory. For the first time the Assembly saw a revolution. I got a call. My leader who is the sone of a dharma‑thai, a son borne out of penance, my leader, spoke: ‘I have kept a gift for you, come tomorrow.’ I thought maybe he would give me a pen or something. Next morning I saw a dignified police vehicle coming in front, they said it was the petrol vehicle. They saluted, everyone joined their hands to me. I was happy: fine, I have become an MLA. I went inside the House, and on that seat it was written: ‘Honourable Minister’ – and this poor man’s name was written there. With just one phone call… The previous month I had been wondering what to do to pay the rent for my mother’s house next month. The pride of making me a minister belongs only to my leader and to no one else.”
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According to the affidavit, Rajmohan declared total assets exceeding ₹2 crore, including movable assets worth around ₹1.64 crore and immovable assets valued at ₹39 lakh. The affidavit also shows that he owns a residential apartment in Natesan Nagar, Virugambakkam.
The property details in the affidavit mention a flat located at “L Block Second Floor, Door No. 9, LIG Taisha West, Natesan Nagar, Virugambakkam,” purchased in March 2025 for ₹30 lakh, with the current declared market value listed at ₹32 lakh.
Now one wonders why Rajmohan would struggle to pay rent if he already owned a residential property in Chennai.
The affidavit further states that Rajmohan declared taxable income of ₹23.7 lakh for the financial year 2024–25, compared to ₹9.2 lakh in 2023–24 and ₹11.38 lakh in 2022–23.
His declared movable assets include:
- Bank deposits of around ₹2.2 lakh
- Gold jewellery weighing 800 grams valued at approximately ₹1.08 crore
- Around 4 kg of silver valued at nearly ₹9.8 lakh
- A Ford Figo Aspire car valued at ₹7 lakh
- LIC insurance policy worth ₹10 lakh
The affidavit also records total liabilities of approximately ₹30 lakh.
Now, TVK Minister @imrajmohan says he doesn’t have money to pay house rent.
But as per his own election affidavit, he owns an apartment in Natesan Nagar, Virugampakkam – they why should be pay rent for the same ?
For a person seen as intellectual and hardworking, this kind of…
— Selva Kumar (@Selvakumar_IN) May 15, 2026
Yet again, another lie about humble backgrounds gets exposed.
For a party that built much of its image around simplicity, honesty and “ordinary people” entering politics, such contradictions risk damaging credibility. Repeatedly projecting wealthy candidates as financially helpless “common men” amounts to emotional political branding rather than transparency. In the end, one question lingers: if affidavits and speeches tell two different stories, which version should the public believe?
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