Chennai: As actor-turned-politician Vijay prepares to host his social gathering’s second assembly on Thursday, DMK founder CN Annadurai and AIADMK founder MG Ramachandran’s Lifesize Cuttuts had been positioned alongside himself on the Madurai venue.
The cut-outs of the previous Chief Minister of State had been extra than simply stage decorations.
The state’s political analysts say that in a part of Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), he exhibits his efforts to achieve out to AIADMK supporters who’ve been disillusioned by the fights of faction, quite a few energy centres and “anxious alliances” with the state’s BJP. They are saying it represents Vijay’s political aspirations.
TVK is holding its second assembly held in Parapati on the Madurai Tutkudi Expressway in Madurai on Thursday, 10 months after its first assembly held in Vikravandi in Virpuram district.
The cutouts had been accompanied by the phrase “repeating historical past” (repeating historical past), specializing in 1967, 1977 and 2026.
In 1967, the DMK led by CN Annadurai first got here to energy within the state, however in 1977, the AIADMK led by MGR took energy.
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“Clear matter”
Political analyst A. Ramasamy, a former professor on the Tamil Bureau at Manon Maniam Sundaranar College, identified the time and place the place the picture of the previous prime minister is getting used.
“They selected to make use of pictures of two main ministers in Madurai as they see a possibility to plead with supporters within the Southern Belt,” Ramasamy instructed the print version.
“As the previous AIADMK chief O. Panneerselvam, TTV Dhinakaran and VK Sasikala supporters are within the southern area, they’re all derived from the present management of the Southern Western area, which belongs to the present chief, Paraniswamy, within the state.”
He additionally stated that it was the primary time Vijay’s TVK has used pictures of Annadurai and MGR at his social gathering assembly.
“After their first assembly, the social gathering has been holding sales space committee conferences and different small occasions within the social gathering headquarters and different districts in Chennai. Nonetheless, they didn’t use pictures of MGR and Anna there, however selected to make use of it in Madurai.
Political analyst Priyan Srinivasan noticed that AIADMK was abnormally constrained utilizing pictures of Vijay’s MGR.
“There appears to be some understanding between AIADMK and TVK. He (Vijay) has been softer than AIADMK since he floated the social gathering in February 2024. AIADMK additionally seems to be softer than Vijay.
In 2007, actor-turned-politician Vijayakanth claimed himself to be “Black MGR.” Nonetheless, he confronted the trend of AIADMK employees. J. Jayalalithaa, then basic secretary of the social gathering, denounced Vijayakanth “repurposed” Mgr.
Equally, when actor-turned-politician Kamal Hasan claimed himself as MGR 2.0, AIADMK led by Paraniswami criticized him. “The place was Kamal Hasan’s MGR contact?” he requested.
Nonetheless, there was no official response from AIADMK, not anyway, however relatively, not the case.
When requested about it, AIADMK spokesman Babu Murugavel stated that utilizing the picture of MGR would merely change the social gathering and never appeal to its supporters.
“Folks know who’s an actual follower of MGR and who’s utilizing his picture to draw voters. Each new entrant in politics makes use of the picture of MGR, however solely AIADMK has been profitable,” Babu Murugavel instructed ThePrint.
First assembly
At its first assembly held in October 2024, Vijay had declared DMK because the social gathering’s political enemy and the BJP because the ideological enemy. He additionally declared the rationalist Periya Ev Ramasamy, former Prime Minister Ok Kamaraj, BR Ambedkar, Freedom Fighters Rani Ver Nathiyar and Anjarai Ammar as social gathering ideologues.
Their photographs may also be seen on the second assembly, however are smaller than the 2 former prime ministers.
In accordance with political analysts, Vijay welcomes fostering hopes of changing into prime minister in 2026, however says “his aspirations don’t mirror floor labor.”
“I’m grateful to be a part of the social gathering for his ideological readability, however he hasn’t hit the bottom ever since his first assembly. He has to work exhausting to duplicate what the previous prime minister did in 1967 and 1977,” Srinivasan instructed ThePrint.
It is solely eight months to go to the state meeting elections, and Vijay’s supporters even have nice hopes for the actor who launched his social gathering in February 2024.
A TVK supply instructed the print that a number of resolutions will probably be handed at a gathering that features two districts on the Southern District.
“One decision is to move a particular act (after political events have come to energy) in opposition to an honor killing case, whereas one other is to sentence the custody of safety guards in Shivagangai district,” a supply instructed ThePrint.
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