Videograb of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay talking in the course of the State Legislative Meeting session, in Chennai on September 7, 2026
| Photograph Credit score: YouTube/@tamilnaduassembly
The Tamil Nadu Meeting witnessed tumultuous scenes on Monday (Septenber 7, 2026) after Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay launched a scathing assault on the DMK and its leaders, accusing them of corruption and referring to the Sarkaria Fee report of the Seventies, the Veeranam ‘scandal’ and the alleged assortment of “party funds” by what he known as the “Karur” gang.
Final week, Mr. Vijay had mentioned he would make his reply and warned the DMK members not to “run away.”
DMK MLAs, who had remained silent till 9.56 a.m. when the Chief Minister started his reply, began elevating slogans and displaying pamphlets later. They surrounded the Speaker and even resorted to a sit-in protest after Mr. Vijay departed from his ready speech, raised his voice and focused the DMK, case by case, accusing its leaders of nepotism.
He additional cited songs of former Chief Minister and AIADMK founder M.G. Ramachandran (MGR) and the phrases of late Tamil poet Kannadasan to assault the DMK. “You all the time say that you’ve got confronted MISA (Upkeep of Inside Safety Act). However we all know the historical past behind the MISA,” the Chief Minister mentioned, additional attacking the DMK.
Mr. Vijay additionally mentioned he belonged to the league of Annadurai and MGR, leaving out the opposite Chief Ministers who had dominated the State.
Speaker’s refusal for permission
Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar paid no heed to the calls for of DMK members to answer the Chief Minister. Later, he mentioned the target of the DMK MLAs was to stop the Chief Minister’s speech from reaching the individuals.
“You complained that he had not spoken. When he spoke, you didn’t enable him even for a minute. You tried your finest and are bored with it,” the Speaker mentioned.
At one level, DMK deputy leader K.N. Nehru spoke to the Chief Minister and requested him to inform the Speaker to permit their chief, Udhayanidhi Stalin, to reply. Mr. Vijay was seen making gestures indicating that solely the Speaker may take the choice.
As a few of the members who had sat on the ground discovered it tough to rise up, Mr. Vijay lent a serving to hand to DMK MLA Durai Chandrasekar to assist him rise.
Subsequently, Mr. Vijay requested the Speaker to permit the DMK to talk. Even because the DMK MLAs returned to their seats, the Speaker dominated that he couldn’t enable them to talk as that they had not allowed the Chief Minister even a minute to handle the Home.
Printed – September 07, 2026 12:32 pm IST
