— Valarmeyyarivaan (@) Visuva Viswanath
Actor Vijay has achieved his goal of becoming Chief Minister. Congratulations on that.
As the saying goes, “You become what you think,” Vijay and his fans have evolved into a political party and attained governing power as well… happiness.
But until one comes to power, one stands outside the glass house. In that position, one may think or speak a little beyond limits. However, once in power, it is like standing inside a glass enclosure visible to the entire world. Even a single stone you throw will return as a hundred stones. Those stones could shatter your glass house into pieces in a single moment.
Opposition to DMK
After 1967, and particularly after the formation of the AIADMK as a party, the DMK has always been only a second option for Tamil Nadu voters. Even after the death of MGR, during the 1991–1996 period when allegations emerged against Jayalalithaa—including corruption accusations and controversies surrounding her foster son’s wedding—and later during the rivalry between EPS and OPS for AIADMK leadership, people handed power to the DMK only during periods when AIADMK leadership was unstable or dissatisfaction with its leadership grew. Likewise, the 2021 Assembly election also handed power to the DMK.
To break this pattern, after its 2021 victory, the DMK undertook absurd, excessive, and dangerous anti-democratic actions during its five years in office. In the end, all these became coffins for the party itself.
The “build-ups,” makeovers, social media campaigns, and press propaganda portraying M.K. Stalin as though he were Tamil Nadu’s permanent Chief Minister existed on one side, while contradictory ground realities existed on the other. Combined with the people’s natural resentment toward the DMK, this eventually transformed into major anger.
No matter what it did, the DMK could not conceal its true nature, and that became the reason for the people’s verdict.
The People’s Verdict
Historically, such anger would normally shift toward AIADMK as the first option, because a third contender like Vijayakanth or Vijay—whom people could expect as an alternative—had not emerged.
People are gradually moving the Naam Tamilar movement forward like an important safety deposit, not rejecting it entirely.
Thus, in 2026, people made a major decision—but a very nuanced one.
That decision was: “We do not want either DMK or AIADMK. Remove them and give an opportunity to a newcomer like Vijay—but he should not govern with an absolute majority.”
As a journalist, I have always watched in amazement the verdicts delivered by the people of India—especially Tamil Nadu voters—through elections. Every election produces an extraordinary, large-scale, unified verdict, as if striking a mark on the forehead from Kanyakumari to Kashmir: one collective judgment.
The Lesson People Taught BJP
At the national level, when ideas such as “one nation, one party,” and a Parliament without opposition began reflecting an “authoritarian mindset,” people put reins on the BJP’s speed.
In 2024, they gave the BJP an opportunity to govern—but without an outright majority.
People effectively said: “Congress is not satisfactory, but there is no alternative,” and therefore entrusted governance to the BJP while giving Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu the controlling rope.
The DMK has always been only an alternative wheel. Since the AIADMK—which should function as its balancing wheel—was itself faltering, Vijay emerged as a third option, and people gave him an opportunity.
But this election result was not an instruction from the people telling Vijay to destroy AIADMK, DMK, or Naam Tamilar.
People Did Not Give Vijay an Absolute Majority
In the 2026 election, people did not give Vijay an outright majority. Remember also the BJP example mentioned above.
From now on, if you imagine that by political maneuvering—asking opposition legislators to resign, triggering by-elections, winning those constituencies through TVK candidates, and thereby securing a full majority—you can later provide the governance “people desire,” then it is like thinking: “I’ll place butter on a crane’s head and wait for it to melt over its eyes so I can catch it.” (An expression meaning an unrealistic or foolish expectation.)
People will judge only by what you do with the government they have already given you. Be careful.
“Others Are Mere Small Fry”
When people have not granted you a full majority, criticizing opposition parties as “mere small fry” like children is equivalent to standing inside a glass house and throwing a hundred stones. Your fans standing before you may enjoy such rhetoric, but people never will.
If you gain an outright majority, would you completely eliminate these so-called “small fry”? Is this democracy, Mr. Vijay?
A TVK Without Opposition
At a meeting in Tiruchirappalli East, a statement made by Minister Ramesh was extremely dangerous and distasteful: “Vijay will create a Legislative Assembly without an opposition party.”
The Legislative Assembly is the people’s democratic institution—a body that creates laws. Democracy means having both a ruling party and an opposition. To break that structure and dream of “one nation, one rule, governance without opposition”—similar to rhetoric attributed to the BJP—Minister Ramesh carelessly exposed “Vijay party’s authoritarian dream.” Vijay’s fans may have enjoyed it greatly. But people never will, Mr. Vijay.
If Vijay truly wished to thank those who voted for him, he should first have gone to the Perambur constituency in Chennai. Instead, he gave up his MLA post and went to Tiruchirappalli East, where a seat had become vacant. In his own speech, Vijay himself revealed that this was “for by-election campaigning.”
It is becoming clear that Vijay has still not understood—or correctly interpreted—the highly nuanced verdict given by the people through his victory in these 108 seats.
From the very moment he assumed office, rather than focusing on governance, Vijay appears engaged in efforts to preserve power. His speeches and actions reflect only an obsession with gaining complete governing authority by somehow ensuring the victory of 5 to 15 more TVK MLAs and securing an outright majority.
That is why Vijay continues to carry forward his election slogan—“DMK alone is my enemy”—into the upcoming by-elections as well.
Vijay’s claim of opposing the DMK, is merely to politically capitalize on the remaining anti-DMK sentiment during the coming by-elections.
Success should not blind your eyes, Chief Minister.
In the 2026 election, the marks awarded—or earned—by you were only 108 out of 234.
Once you assume office, you must subject yourself to every acid test posed by the people. You should not become irritated by it. Throwing words with the same force after becoming Chief Minister as one did on the campaign stage reflects immaturity.
After becoming Chief Minister in 2021, M.K. Stalin appointed officials more capable than yourself, placed world-renowned economists in important positions, and appointed highly respected senior journalists, media professionals, writers, and speakers of Tamil Nadu in roles that impressed the world.
But what was the use of all that ?! Result was that he ignored everything they said and ended up achieving very little.
Move carefully and thoughtfully, with the responsibility that comes with being Chief Minister. Weigh every word and every sentence cautiously, Chief Minister Vijay.
If you had never acted in films, if you were not charismatic—if you had contested the 2026 election without those advantages—would you really have been able to win?
Yes… your cinematic charisma is what introduced you to the people.
In electoral politics, the word “charisma” is not the kind of glamour shown by actresses in films. Rather, it means the ability to attract and inspire people.
Think positively, Mr. Vijay! All is Well!!
— Tamil Oodagam ; Thanithuvamaana oodagam, 02/06/26
