
Tamilaga Vazhvumurai Katchi leader and Panruti MLA T. Velmurugan has once again launched a scathing attack against Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president and actor-turned-politician Vijay, following a wave of backlash from the actor’s supporters online. This comes after TVK cadres and fans demanded an apology from Velmurugan and flooded social media with targeted attacks.
Speaking at a public meeting in Thenkanikottai, Velmurugan questioned the nature of the criticism aimed at him, “Do they think I’m uneducated? It’s embarrassing that they’re making school children respond to me on their behalf. While Vijay was still acting in films, we were out on the streets fighting for the rights of Tamil people.”
During a party event in Krishnagiri, Velmurugan addressed the growing tension between his party and Vijay’s supporters, stating, “When it comes to the livelihood struggles of Tamil Nadu, it is the cadres of the Tamilaga Vazhvumurai Katchi have consistently taken to the streets. No fans or film heroes have stepped to the streets. But when we speak this truth openly, it angers many. Even today, they are making school children to respond to us—how pitiful! They call us ‘illiterate’ but to those illiterates who call us illiterate, I say that I have documented the full history of the Tamilaga Vazhvumurai Katchi from the day it was founded on my page under the name “Velmurugan T.” Illiterates know about that. Go read it. Listen to it’s all on YouTube.
Yet today, these Illiterates and irresponsible (tharuthalai) asking, “Who is Velmurugan?” When you were all dancing around hugging film, Velmurugan was on the streets, shoulder to shoulder with the Tamil liberation front, fighting for Tamil rights. If needed, I will share my life story at this very meeting. I invite all those who are curious or illiterates to come, listen, and learn. I’ve spent up to 1 hour 45 minutes in meetings and called someone come straight away speaking about how much Tamil society entered into a cultural decay. Look at the moral decay in cinema, in television serials, on TikTok, and how much cultural decay is there. Even in ‘shorts’, the cultural deterioration is evident. Just to get more views on YouTube, some disgraceful and shameless individuals in our society are now even exposing their own bodies. Utterly enraging by this and I have raised this issue in public meetings across all of Tamil Nadu. Today, 8th and 10th standard schoolgirls, whose parents gave them smartphones to study. The smartphones that were provided to children to study during the COVID are being lured into this cultural destruction, moral and civilizational collapse—leading to a disrespect of parents and a highly competitive, dangerous mindset.”
வேல்முருகன் யார்.? "தற்குறிகளே தெரிந்து கொள்ளுங்கள்"..? மாணவர்களை Encourage பண்ணுகிறார்களாம்.. விஜய்யை கடுமையாக விமர்சித்த வேல்முருகன்.!#Vijay #TVK #Velmurugan #Students #TamilagaVettriKazhagam #TamilNews #NewsTamil #NewsTamil24x7 pic.twitter.com/2wNNr96CKa
— News Tamil 24×7 (@NewsTamilTV24x7) June 16, 2025
He later took a jab saying, “You criticized my brother? He may not be your brother, but the one who was called the ‘Superstar’ of this country Rajinikanth was the one who glamorized smoking cigarettes and corrupted an entire younger generation. I was the one who said this. Are you any greater than Rajini? When actor Vijayakanth, who gave generously and acted with heart, made a mistake, it was Velmurugan who openly called it out as Vijayakanth’s fault. Are you big p*dungi than Vijayakanth fans?”
" ரஜினியை விட நீ என்ன கொம்பனா".? விஜயகாந்தையே கேள்வி கேட்டவன்.. விஜயை வெளுத்து வாங்கிய வேல்முருகன்.!#Vijay #TVK #Vijayakanth #Rajinikanth #Velmurugan #Students #TamilagaVettriKazhagam #TamilNews #NewsTamil #NewsTamil24x7 pic.twitter.com/JgpnwjQ63X
— News Tamil 24×7 (@NewsTamilTV24x7) June 16, 2025
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