Kanyakumari Member of Parliament Vijay Vasanth, who has been appointed as the head of the Tamil Nadu Congress social media wing, said in an exclusive interview with Vikatan, "The importance of social media has existed for a long time. It brought about a major change in the recently concluded Assembly election. The current younger generation, rather than taking to the streets to protest, openly expresses their views through their mobile phones while staying at home.
If you hold a public meeting, you can reach only a limited number of people. But on social media, a single post can easily reach several lakhs of people. That is why the Congress Committee also gives great importance to the social media wing. At the same time, if anyone from any party spreads defamation on social media, we will take legal action.
My father taught me only honest, healthy politics. Personal attacks and criticism based on physical appearance can never be accepted. At the same time, we have instructed our party workers to avoid lowering themselves to personally criticizing others.
Political critics saying that if TVK wins in the by-elections and moves toward an outright majority, it will drop Congress is completely wrong. TVK had already created the possibility of joining the alliance even before the election.
After the election, Congress supported T.V.K. in forming the government. Congress will act only in a way that further strengthens T.V.K.; the alliance will not face any harm. In the by-election, Congress will work on the ground with full commitment and deliver victory. A new Secretariat is absolutely necessary.
Considering future needs, it is essential for the government to establish a new Secretariat in a suitable location equipped with modern technologies and facilities, without causing any inconvenience to the public or traffic.
In Tamil Nadu, Members of Parliament do not even have offices. In states like Karnataka, MPs are provided with vehicles and allowances for them. We have been urging the central and state governments to at least provide us with an office as a minimum requirement. If my father Vasanthakumar were alive today, he would have been immensely happy to see this situation where the Congress is part of the ruling government.
'Being in the Congress is a matter of pride; nurturing it is a duty'—that is how he lived. Even when many opportunities slipped away and he was overlooked, he worked only for the party. It was my father's dream to become the president of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee. His great dream was to see the Kamaraj regime bloom again in Tamil Nadu and to strengthen the Congress. Our aim is to fulfill that," he said.