Chennai: Addressing a massive gathering at the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)’s first state conference, party president and veteran actor Vijay said that the “BJP serves as our ideological opponent, while the DMK stands as our political rival.”
Here are top quotes of Vijay from his first political conference that held near Chennai on Sunday:
- The BJP and DMK are political opponents. The party’s first enemy is a divisive force and the other one is a corrupt party currently governing the state.
- In the upcoming 2026 elections, the Tamil Nadu Victory Party is poised to form a government with an absolute majority. However, we will embrace those who seek our support and ensure that coalition parties are also given a role in governance.
- Don’t worry. Your son, brother, friend, this friend has come to the field. “Shelter, food, and security—those are our political aim.
- There is a group that has been creating divisions in society. You are cheating people in the name of the Dravidian Model. The ones who are creating divisions are our 1st enemy. The ones claiming Dravidian ideology but looting TN as a family are next rivals.
- Vijay compares entering politics to playing with snakes, emphasizing that politics is serious business.
- People won’t allow anyone to divide the society based on caste and religion. Because that is the quality of this land
- Corrupt people are wearing masks of ideology and ruling us. I am saying this again – we are being lorded over by the corrupt who are hiding behind masks of ideology.
- Just by saying there is rice people’s hunger won’t end, we have to give rice; we don’t agree with those who say we have to teach people to fish & not just give them; if people can fish, then let it be, for those who can’t, we will feed them, says Vijay.
- Now we have entered, there is no scope for rethinking. We shouldn’t limit ourselves to giving speeches; we should prove ourselves by actions. We will know our rivals soon; they announced themselves when we made our decision to float the party.
- What can we achieve by accumulating wealth? How can we give it back to the people who gave us everything? The answer to that was politics.
