Archive · 23 Aug 2026
Udhayanidhi Stalin Challenges Vijay Government Over Cars, Farm Loans
Udhayanidhi Stalin is an opposition leader in Tamil Nadu.
He criticised the government led by Chief Minister Vijay.
Stalin said the government was considering cars for lawmakers while saying it did not have enough money to waive farmers’ crop loans.
He also said farmers were not receiving enough Cauvery water for cultivation.
The DMK held a protest about these concerns on August 3 in Thanjavur.
Stalin said police arrested him after the protest.
He said arrests would not stop him from speaking about farmers’ problems.
He promised that the opposition would keep raising these issues.
Udhayanidhi Stalin accused the Vijay-led Tamil Nadu government of prioritising cars for legislators over farmers’ crop-loan relief.
He said the DMK’s August 3 protest highlighted inadequate Cauvery water and other farming concerns.
Stalin alleged that police arrested him at his residence after the Thanjavur protest.
He said repeated arrests and police action would not stop him from raising farmers’ issues.
The opposition leader pledged to continue pressing for Cauvery water, crop-loan relief and fulfilled election promises.
- Who
- Tamil Nadu Leader of Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin, the DMK, and the Vijay-led state government.
- What
- Stalin criticised the proposed provision of cars to legislators and accused the government of failing to provide crop-loan relief and adequate Cauvery water.
- When
- The remarks were made on Sunday; he also referred to a farmers’ protest on August 3 and arrests in the past three months.
- Where
- At a wedding function in Pattukkottai, in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu.
- Why
- Stalin said the government was claiming financial constraints over farmers’ crop-loan demands while finding resources for legislators’ cars.
- Speaker
- Udhayanidhi Stalin, Tamil Nadu’s Leader of Opposition and DMK Youth Wing secretary
- Government criticised
- The Vijay-led Tamil Nadu state government
- Main dispute
- Proposed cars for legislators versus demands for farmers’ crop-loan relief
- Farmers’ concern
- Inadequate Cauvery water for cultivation
- Protest date
- August 3
- Location
- Thanjavur district, including Pattukkottai
- Arrest claim
- Stalin alleged that police arrested him at his residence after the protest