3 min learnKochiAug 18, 2026 03:47 PM IST
Weeks after DMK chief Udhayanidhi Stalin, who additionally serves as Chief of Opposition within the Tamil Nadu Meeting, was arrested over his allegedly sexually suggestive remarks about Chief Minister Vijay’s friendship with a feminine Tamil actor, the DMK has doubled down on its assault towards the CM. In a sharply worded editorial in its official mouthpiece, Murasoli, the previous ruling celebration took robust jabs at Vijay over actor Trisha Krishnan’s presence on the Independence Day occasion in Chennai.
For the unversed, Trisha sat next to Vijay’s parents within the entrance row throughout the Independence Day celebrations at Fort St George in Chennai, the place Vijay hoisted the nationwide flag as a part of the ceremony. In one of many movies that went viral on social media, she was seen saluting Vijay as he handed by in a jeep whereas finishing up his duties because the CM. Her mom, Uma Krishnan, additionally accompanied Trisha.
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Now, the DMK has criticised Vijay for Trisha’s presence throughout the ceremony, calling the CM’s actions “vulgar and disgusting.” The editorial of the celebration’s official mouthpiece, Murasoli, for Tuesday, August 18, learn, “The dignity of Chief Minister Vijay, who hoisted the flag on Independence Day, flew within the air. Even individuals who voted for him couldn’t abdomen the sight of him; with none disgrace or embarrassment, making an actor sit within the entrance row and each saluting one another. It’s such an individual, who thinks he can justify such vulgarity and disgust by doing it overtly and blatantly, has at this time come because the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.”
Nonetheless, Murasoli shunned naming Trisha within the article and referred to her solely as “an actor.” Claiming that even Vijay’s ardent followers can’t digest his actions, the mouthpiece puzzled, “How will folks react?” It additional identified that even some TVK voters are “unable to simply accept” his behaviour.
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The DMK mouthpiece additionally accused Vijay of favouritism, pointing to the current appointments of a few of his movie business mates to key positions. Murasoli was referring to the appointment of Venkat Okay Narayana, the producer of Vijay’s swansong Jana Nayagan, as Tamil Nadu’s Particular Consultant in New Delhi; Archana Kalpathi, who bankrolled the CM’s Bigil (2019) and GOAT (2024), as a member of the Tamil Nadu HR&CE division’s temple trustee committee; and Jagadish Palanisamy, the producer of Leo (2023), because the CM’s non-public secretary.
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The mouthpiece requested, “Does Vijay assume that the folks will nod their heads and settle for all this?” It additionally identified that the law-and-order system within the state has failed and that sexual assault circumstances have develop into shockingly frequent. “The persons are not fools. He shall be remoted additional,” Murasoli concluded.
Vijay’s celebration, the TVK, is but to reply to the criticism.
