Vijay rules out NDA alliance, says TVK is people’s team
TVK chief Vijay dismissed claims of alliance talks with the NDA ahead of Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, calling them a false campaign. He stressed that his party would uphold secular and social justice principles and aim to form the government independently
Chennai: Avoiding directly naming the NDA, TVK chief Vijay on Wednesday dismissed as a “false campaign” claims of “alliance talks” for the April 23 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls.
Cadres may have been confused due to claims that TVK may go in for an alliance, Vijay said, addressing an Iftar event held at Mamallapuram near here.
Giving clear indications that TVK will not align with the NDA for the 2026 TN Assembly polls, he declared: “We are firm on the stand that the government will be led by us (following a big win in the polls); there will be no compromise on secular and social justice principles.” TVK belongs to the ‘people’s team,’ he asserted, and dismissed allegations that his party functioned as a “B-team.”
However, Vijay did not elaborate on who accused TVK of being a B-team. For the past five to six days, claims have been doing the rounds that TVK would align with the NDA. It was claimed that the ‘successful Jana Sena-TDP model of Andhra Pradesh’ was being attempted in Tamil Nadu and that Vijay would be the Deputy CM like Pawan Kalyan.
While TVK leaders, including CTR Nirmal Kumar, have already ruled out the possibility of an alliance with the NDA, this is the first time Vijay himself has given clear indications that there would not be any alliance with the AIADMK-BJP combine.
TVK leader Aadhav Arjuna has claimed that his party was “offered the chief ministership for 2.5 years and 90 Assembly seats,” out of 234 segments in the state.
Arjuna had said that his party would not ‘bow before Delhi,’ seen as a pointer to the BJP.
It is speculated that the ‘2.5 years CM offer was only from the BJP,’ a key constituent of the NDA, as the AIADMK had repeatedly denied holding talks with Vijay’s party to forge an alliance.
