Dharapuram: “Like MGR and Jayalalithaa, only Vijay is now boldly opposing the DMK. Right now, voting for the DMK and voting for the AIADMK are the same. The two are one and the same; it’s only a show on the outside, both are in collusion. The DMK, which conspired to prevent a TVK government from being formed, must be taught a fitting lesson,” said Chief Minister Vijay at the Dharapuram campaign meeting.
Speaking at the election campaign public meeting held in Dharapuram, TVK leader and Chief Minister Vijay said, “In the short time since TVK came to power, we have been gradually fulfilling the promises we made. Since the day our government took office, we have been fully committed to ensuring a corruption-free, bribery-free administration.
717 Tasmac liquor shops located near schools and places of worship were closed. To ensure women’s safety, we formed the Singapen Rapid Action Force, and we have provided 200 units of free electricity.
Moreover, we have fulfilled the election promises of expanding the breakfast scheme to Classes 6 to 8, waiving crop loans, providing additional incentive for paddy, increasing the milk procurement price, and implementing the Thaimaman Thangamothiram scheme.
The successful travel scheme of free bus travel for women on government buses, 3 free cylinders per year for women, and an increase in medical insurance coverage are set to be implemented next.
We do not have any monarchic mindset of forgetting that in the 2026 election the people voted for TVK and made it win, and sent DMK home, and still thinking, “We are the Chief Minister, our family is still in power, and everyone must remain subservient to our family.”
We follow only what Anna said: “Go to the people, live with the people.” But we are not like those who forget Anna and the party started in his name, and then secretly, as proxies, join hands and go around acting selfishly.
We have come into politics to repay our debt of gratitude to the people. We will certainly uphold the trust the people have placed in us. We have come into politics saying that every religion is our religion. We have come into politics saying that we believe in God, and that we are not against anyone’s belief in God.
We respect the people’s trust. That is why our ideology is a secular social justice ideology, and our alliance is the secular social justice victory alliance.
We will wish each other for Krishna Jayanthi, Christmas, and Bakrid. To us, everyone is the same; everyone is equal. We will not be like the DMK, putting on a show outside and hiding inside the house.
The DMK general secretary has said that during Anna’s time, people from ordinary families were fielded in elections and defeated all the kings. That is how it happened during Anna’s time and during MGR’s time as well. Now, in our time too, it has happened the same way. By fielding people from very ordinary families in elections, TVK has defeated the DMK’s king and its petty kings. That is the truth he has said right there on stage, in the presence of DMK leaders.
The DMK leader speaks about me in the singular, calling me “he” and “this fellow.” Earlier, when I affectionately called Stalin, who was then the Chief Minister, “uncle,” they asked how one could address a Chief Minister like that. Now they themselves use singular terms like “he” and “this fellow.” Instead of your favorite party workers and agents, let your inherited assets—the filthy river and the river of hatred—be used to speak lowly about me. The more you speak ill of me and degrade me, the more the people will elevate our dignity and place us higher.
DMK leader Stalin says, “Let us bow to the people’s verdict,” but he does not respect it. He plans what kind of conspiracy can be made, whether even those who should not join together can be made to join. AIADMK, which was once a faction of the BJP, has now also become a faction of the DMK. AIADMK does whatever the DMK says and does. These two are one and the same; both have the same owner. When God and the people are with us, no one can do anything to us.
If the evil force that MGR and Jayalalithaa opposed throughout their lives plans to join hands with the DMK and form a government, wouldn’t that be insulting them themselves? That is why Sathya Bama, who won in this constituency, came over to us as a true loyalist of MGR and Jayalalithaa. She did not defect while serving as an MLA; she resigned from her post and came over to us.
This is called horse-trading. When we have public support, why would we need horse-trading? It is DMK and AIADMK that are spreading all these slanders. AIADMK is propping up DMK. When I speak about the Sarkaria Commission in the Assembly, AIADMK gets angry and asks why I am speaking. If I now speak what AIADMK has been saying all these years, that party gets angry and supports it.
Like MGR and Jayalalithaa, Vijay is the only one now boldly opposing the DMK. MGR loyalists will understand that well. The DMK and AIADMK are plotting to topple our government through underhanded means, but that will not succeed. No matter what it takes, I will do good for the people. The people of Dharapuram must give me a guarantee. Will you vote for the DMK? Will you vote for the AIADMK, which betrayed MGR and Jayalalithaa?
People in the Kongu region have stood with MGR, who opposed the DMK, and with Jayalalithaa, sincerely and wholeheartedly, without looking at caste or religion. You always stand on the side of truth, so you should support Sathyabama. Voting for the DMK or the AIADMK is one and the same. The two are the same. They only put on a show in public; both are in collusion. So do not believe the lies they tell. The DMK and AIADMK, which conspired to prevent our government from being formed, must be taught a fitting lesson.
What happened then was Amma’s rule, what happened next was Appa’s rule, and what is happening now is the rule of our own children. This is the real people’s rule,” he said.
