Actor Vijay likely to spell out TVK party ideology in public meet

Vijay has announced facing 2026 Assembly polls, spicing up the political battlefield long dominated by the Dravidian rivals DMK and the AIADMK

Villupuram: Months after announcing his political party Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK), top Tamil actor Vijay is likely to spell out his political agenda and vision for the State during his keenly watched maiden public meeting here on Sunday.

Vijay has announced facing the 2026 Assembly polls, spicing up the political battlefield long dominated by the Dravidian rivals DMK and the AIADMK, with a resurgent BJP under K Annamalai making some impressive strides in this year’s Lok Sabha polls. The saffron party is keen to put up a good show in the hustings in 2026 as well.

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Vijay, whose movies have been top grossers, unveiled his party in February this year, joining a list of Tamil cinema celebrities who had taken the political plunge.

He had unveiled the TVK party flag recently and the Sunday public conference at Vikravandi in this district is being keenly watched by political parties, observers and people alike as he is all set to unveil his vision for the State and the political agenda.

Although, the 50-year-old actor-politician has given adequate hints of not deviating from the current political trends, as he has spoken out against NEET, a political hot potato in Tamil Nadu. A number of medical aspirants, starting from S Anitha of Ariyalur way back in 2017 have ended their lives over either failure to crack the qualifying test or due to fears of unable to clear it.

That the conference venue had cutouts of Dravidian stalwart EV Ramasamy ‘Periyar’, besides that of BR Ambedkar gave ample hints of his party’s principles. A cutout of veteran Congress leader and former Chief Minister K Kamaraj was also spotted at the venue.