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Chennai, Oct 27 (Reporter) Making his intentions clear that his party would take on political and ideological enemies in a decent manner, Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) Founder and Kollywood youth icon Vijay spoke about the menace of corruption terming it as a virus, made a veiled attack
on BJP and the ruling DMK and exuded confidence of his party winning the 2026 Assembly polls
by a massive mandate.
In his about 45-minute long politically loaded speech at the party's first political conference at Vikravandi in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu on Sunday evening, Vijay, likening politics to a
snake, touched upon various issues, including divisive and fascist forces and corruption
Terming corruption as a corruption, "We don't know where it is hidden and in what form. Those indulging in corruption are doing with a face mask by hiding their face. But the reality is that
face mask is their real face".
"Corrupt people are wearing masks of ideology and ruling us. I am saying this again - we are being lorded over by the corrupt who are hiding behind masks of ideology", he said. People won't allow anyone to divide the society on the basis of caste and religion, because that is the quality of this land," Vijay said virtually targetting the DMK and the BJP.
"Don't even think you can try to bring us down, saying A team or B team, We will face the corrupt
and fake ideology people in the field of election. The time is not far, elections will happen in 2026. Each vote for TVK will be like bombs", he said.
In a veiled and strategic attack on the DMK and BJP, Vijay said There is a group that has been creating divisions among the society. You are cheating people in the name of Dravidian Model...
the ones who are creating divisions are our first enemy. The ones who are claiming Dravidian ideology but are looting Tamil Nadu as a family are our next rivals,"
"Nobody can colour our party with the colour of their ideologies", he said,
Stating that 2026 will be a new dawn and it will be an year of history, he expressed confidence of winning the 2026 Assembly polls with a massive majority with the support of people from every household of the state.
He said he was prepared to work with those who join in his political journey. He also said his party
is willing to share power with them.
Stating that some people might ask why he did not take names of any political leaders, he said it
was not out of fear to attack them."I am not scared.. Our path is decent politics, fight decently, make decent comments, to our political and ideological enemies.
"I am not taking names only because I am not here to throw dirt on anyone. That's not our politics...our politics is decent approach, decent attack, but that will be deep,"
Expressing his opposition to NEET, he said Women are going to play a vital role in my political journey, recalling the suicide of medical aspirant and Ariyalur student Anitha who died over NEET
issue.
He declared that TVK will travel along the paths laid by five icons--Periyar E.V. Ramasamy,
K. Kamaraj, Babasaheb Ambedkar, Velu Nachiar and Anjalai Ammal and it would be guided by
their idealogies and principles.
Our guiding spirits are the ones who lived in this land. They are Periyar - there will be some who
will question that choice. We won't adopt his atheism, we aren't against anyone's beliefs. But social justice, rationalism, women empowerment, we will adopt all other ideas that Periyar propounded.
Then K Kamaraj, then BR Ambedkar. We are proudly proclaiming Ambedkar as a guiding spirit for reservation and for striving to end caste discrimination. Then bravehearts Velu Naachiyar, Then comes Anjalai Ammal," Vijay said...////...