NEW DELHI: As TVK leaders venture Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay as the subsequent Prime Minister, AIADMK normal secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Tuesday took a pointy jibe at TVK chief, saying that he might “even change into the President of the US.”Mocking Vijay’s in depth public relations campaigns and penchant for chartered flights, EPS mentioned, “He might even change into the President of America. There may be nothing flawed with it, it’s his want.”“They’re working the federal government by placing out ‘reels’ right here; that will not work there,” he added.He additionally labelled Vijay as a “pricey chief minister” and contrasted the present administration’s expenditure with that of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa.“Throughout Amma’s tenure, tasks had been inaugurated by way of video conferencing to chop prices,” Palaniswami mentioned.This comes amid a latest push by TVK leaders to venture Vijay as a possible contender for the PM’s submit. TVK PWD minister Aadhav Arjuna had earlier mentioned the nation’s high constitutional workplace needs to be held by a pacesetter from Tamil Nadu.TVK leaders, together with KA Sengottaiyan and D Sarathkumar, have in contrast Vijay with former Tamil Nadu chief ministers MGR and Jayalalithaa, claiming he wouldn’t solely rule Tamil Nadu but in addition lead the nation sooner or later.TVK MLA Kallanai, who organised an occasion marking the occasion’s 100 days in workplace, mentioned folks had immense religion in Vijay’s management. He expressed confidence that Vijay would finally lead the nation and hoist the nationwide flag on the Pink Fort as a consultant of the Tamil folks, information company PTI reported.Congress MP Karti Chidambaram mentioned that whereas occasion staff might have deep admiration for his or her chief, nationwide management in the end depends upon securing the numbers required to type a authorities.“I totally settle for that they’ve nice love, affection, expectation, and admiration for his or her occasion management. That is their occasion. What they are saying inside their occasion makes no distinction to the general public discourse. In public discourse, what you need to ask about is coverage and the regulation. Their needs inside a celebration make no distinction to me,” Chidambaram instructed reporters, in accordance with ANI.
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He mentioned each political occasion has its personal ambitions and aspirations, however any prime ministerial aspirant should in the end have the numbers to command a majority in Lok Sabha.“Each occasion has goals, ambitions, and wishes. One can not cross legal guidelines to cease that. Everybody expresses their very own needs and talks about their favorite chief of their occasion. However we all know what the political actuality is. There are 543 constituencies,” Chidambaram mentioned.The difficulty has gained additional consideration after a non-public media survey positioned Vijay among the many most popular candidates for PM in 2029, behind PM Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi.The TVK authorities was fashioned after the 2026 Tamil Nadu meeting elections, when the occasion emerged as the biggest power and fashioned the federal government with help from VCK, IUML, Congress, CPI and CPM.
