Archive · 6 Oct 2026
Kanimozhi Says Vijay’s Intensive Campaign Signals Defeat Anxiety
Kanimozhi is a leader in the DMK party.
She criticized Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s intensive campaigning, saying it showed worry about losing.
She said voters in Dharapuram and Madhuranthagam would support candidates who stood by justice.
She also criticized the TVK government and said it had not kept its promises to be clean.
She alleged that public safety had weakened and crime had increased.
She said the government had not brought in new development schemes or attracted industrial investment.
A political rival had predicted that DMK candidates would lose their election deposits.
Kanimozhi reminded him that the DMK had helped him get elected to Parliament.
She also said M.K. Stalin would not make remarks meant to hurt someone.
DMK deputy general secretary Kanimozhi Karunanidhi said Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s street-by-street campaigning reflected fear of defeat.
Kanimozhi predicted voters in Dharapuram and Madhuranthagam would support candidates she said stood for justice.
She said allegations of cash distribution by TVK functionaries, raised by Communist Party leaders, challenged the party’s claims of being clean.
Kanimozhi alleged that the TVK administration had failed to improve public security, curb rising crime, introduce development schemes, or attract industrial investment.
She responded to criticism of DMK candidates’ prospects and declined to accept that M.K. Stalin intended to hurt anyone with remarks about a TVK candidate.
- Who
- DMK deputy general secretary Kanimozhi Karunanidhi; Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay and the TVK were the subjects of her criticism.
- What
- Kanimozhi criticized Vijay’s campaigning and the TVK government, and commented on allegations and election prospects.
- When
- Monday; the article gives no calendar date.
- Where
- Thoothukudi, with references to Dharapuram and Madhuranthagam.
- Why
- Kanimozhi was responding to reporters about campaigning, allegations against TVK, and claims about the DMK candidates’ prospects.
Kanimozhi’s criticisms
Claims and responses cited
Vijay’s intensive campaign
Kanimozhi’s criticisms
Kanimozhi said the street-by-street campaign reflected Vijay’s anxiety and fear of defeat.
Claims and responses cited
The article reports Vijay’s intensive campaigning but does not include his response to Kanimozhi’s interpretation.
TVK’s claims of being a clean political force
Kanimozhi’s criticisms
Kanimozhi said public claims of cleanliness were insufficient and alleged that the administration had failed on public safety and development.
Claims and responses cited
The article says TVK had repeatedly described its government as clean, but does not include a response to her criticisms.
DMK candidates’ election prospects
Kanimozhi’s criticisms
Kanimozhi said voters would support candidates standing by justice and reminded Durai Vaiko that the DMK had helped him get elected to Parliament.
Claims and responses cited
Durai Vaiko had claimed that DMK candidates in Dharapuram and Madhuranthagam would not retain their deposits.
- Speaker
- Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, DMK deputy general secretary and MP
- Reported location
- Thoothukudi
- Campaign under discussion
- Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s street-by-street campaign
- Constituencies mentioned
- Dharapuram and Madhuranthagam
- Cash-distribution allegation
- Kanimozhi referred to allegations by Communist Party leaders that TVK functionaries were distributing cash to voters.
- Government criticisms
- Kanimozhi alleged weaker public security, rising crime, and a lack of new development schemes and industrial investment.
- Candidate mentioned
- Sathyabama, identified in the article as the Dharapuram TVK candidate