Archive · 20 Sep 2026
Stalin Challenges Vijay’s London Trip, Attacks TVK Government Performance
M K Stalin, a leader of the DMK, criticized C. Joseph Vijay and his TVK government.
He asked what Vijay achieved during a recent trip to London.
The TVK government said the trip brought agreements worth about ₹15,300 crore.
It also said the agreements could create more than 10,000 jobs.
Stalin said Tamil Nadu was facing more violence, power cuts, and higher prices.
He also made fun of Vijay’s move from acting into politics.
Stalin questioned the fairness of an upcoming by-election.
The report did not provide independent figures proving the scale of the problems he described.
M K Stalin questioned the purpose and results of C. Joseph Vijay’s recent London investment mission.
The TVK government said the six-day trip produced memoranda of understanding worth about ₹15,300 crore and could create over 10,000 jobs.
Stalin alleged worsening law and order, frequent power cuts, and rising prices in Tamil Nadu.
He criticized Vijay’s transition from cinema to politics and mocked the use of screens showing the Chief Minister in the Assembly.
Stalin also questioned an upcoming by-election and accused the ruling establishment of running defamatory social-media campaigns.
- Who
- M K Stalin criticized Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam leader C. Joseph Vijay.
- What
- Stalin questioned Vijay’s London investment mission and attacked the TVK government over law and order, power supply, prices, political conduct, and an upcoming by-election.
- When
- The remarks were made on Saturday; they followed Vijay’s recent six-day London visit.
- Where
- Stalin spoke at Kalaignar Arangam at the DMK headquarters, while the disputed investment mission took place in London.
- Why
- The criticism came amid an increasingly active political contest between the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam government.
DMK Criticism
TVK Government Claims
London investment mission
DMK Criticism
M K Stalin questioned why Vijay traveled to London, what investments were secured, and why agreements involving an Indian company were signed abroad.
TVK Government Claims
The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam government said the six-day mission produced memoranda of understanding worth about ₹15,300 crore and was expected to generate more than 10,000 direct and indirect jobs.
Law and order and public services
DMK Criticism
Stalin alleged that murders, attacks, shootings, illegal drug-related activity, power cuts, and rising prices showed deterioration under the TVK government.
TVK Government Claims
The report provides no independent figures establishing the scale of the alleged deterioration and does not include a TVK response to these accusations.
Upcoming by-election
DMK Criticism
Stalin called the contest a forced by-election and questioned the circumstances of the vacancy, resignation, and change of electoral symbol.
TVK Government Claims
The report does not provide the ruling establishment’s response to Stalin’s claims about the by-election or the democratic process.
- Speaker
- M K Stalin, president of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
- Target of criticism
- C. Joseph Vijay, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and leader of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
- Investment mission
- A six-day London visit described by the TVK government as an investment mission
- Reported agreements
- Memoranda of understanding worth about ₹15,300 crore
- Projected employment
- More than 10,000 direct and indirect jobs, according to the TVK government
- Main allegations
- Stalin alleged problems involving law and order, power cuts, rising prices, and political conduct