Over the previous few weeks, Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam has more and more pushed the thought of projecting him as a possible Prime Minister of India within the 2029 elections, drawing sharp criticism from the Congress.
Senior TVK chief KA Sengottaiyan on Sunday stated folks from northern Indian states have been additionally trying as much as Vijay as a possible chief to rule the nation.
“Individuals from north Indian states are additionally trying ahead to our chief Vijay; he’s the one who has the facility to rule your complete India.”
Talking at a public assembly held in Tiruppur to checklist the 100-day achievements of the TVK authorities, Sengottaiyan stated, “I’ve travelled with MGR and Jayalalithaa. After these two leaders, Vijay is the drive who is not going to solely rule Tamil Nadu but additionally the longer term India, following their path,” The Print reported.
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Tamil Nadu human assets administration minister D Sarathkumar additionally praised Vijay’s work ethic and declared him the “subsequent Indian PM”.
“Our chief, who’s a chief minister in our hearts, house and St. George’s Fort, is the subsequent Indian PM. You’re the subsequent PM. You’re employed with out taking a look at AM or PM, you’re undoubtedly the subsequent PM,” he stated, in keeping with The Print.
TVK legislator Kallanai, who organised an occasion marking the occasion’s 100 days in workplace, stated the general public has immense religion in Vijay’s management and expressed confidence that he would finally go on to steer the nation and hoist the nationwide flag on the Pink Fort as a consultant of the Tamil folks, information company PTI reported.
‘Nonetheless in fan mode’, says Congress
The sudden push for the “Vijay for PM” narrative has irked the Congress, with occasion leaders saying that TVK leaders are nonetheless working in a “fan-club mode.”
TNCC president and MP B Manickam Tagore shrugged off the narrative, saying that TVK leaders have been nonetheless working in “fan mode” and couldn’t be silenced.
“The TVK leaders are nonetheless working in a fan-club mode. So, you can not silence people who find themselves within the fan-club mode.”
Backing Tagore’s comment that Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leaders are working with a “fan membership mindset” by projecting their chief Vijay as a possible PM candidate, Congress MP Karti Chidambaram stated that whereas occasion employees might harbour deep admiration for his or her chief, nationwide management is finally ruled by the constitutional requirement of profitable 272 seats within the Lok Sabha, information company ANI reported.
“I absolutely 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 it is best to ask about is coverage and the legislation. Their needs inside a celebration make no distinction to me,” Chidambaram informed reporters.
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He added that whereas each political occasion has its personal goals and ambitions, the fact is that any prime ministerial aspirant should finally have the numbers to command a majority within the Lok Sabha.
“Each occasion has goals, ambitions, and wishes. One can’t go 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. In response to the Structure, the chief of whichever alliance wins 272 constituencies, or whichever occasion wins, would be the Prime Minister of India. Anybody who achieves that quantity can change into the Prime Minister, individually or collectively. You and I each know what that political actuality is,” he added.
Congress MP P Jothimani echoed comparable sentiments, saying that neither the Congress nor the INDIA bloc would settle for anybody aside from Rahul Gandhi as its prime ministerial candidate. She additionally urged TVK leaders to give attention to governance in Tamil Nadu fairly than projecting Vijay for the prime minister’s submit, in keeping with PTI.
The backlash comes at a time when the Congress is searching for to mission Rahul Gandhi as its potential prime ministerial candidate for the 2029 Lok Sabha elections.
Congress was the primary occasion to problem a letter of consent supporting TVK after the announcement of the election outcomes on Might 4. “To begin with, relating to Mr Vijay, as quickly as his occasion received the 108 seats, the primary individual he known as was Mr Rahul Gandhi (Congress chief) searching for its help for TVK to kind the federal government. Subsequently, all the present ministers of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam know this fact,” Tagore claimed.
