Chennai, March 18 TVK chief Vijay dismissed claims of "alliance talks" for the April 23 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections as a "false campaign" on Wednesday, without directly naming the NDA.
The actor-politician asserted that TVK belongs to the "people's team," and dismissed allegations that his party functioned as a "B-Team" for a dominant party.
However, Vijay did not elaborate on who made that accusation, which he said began with the founding of the party in 2024.
Addressing an Iftar event in Mamallapuram near here, Vijay said that when other "defamatory attempts" failed, rivals launched a false campaign claiming that TVK would choose the alliance path for the elections.
Against this background, the cadres may have been confused due to claims that TVK might go in for an alliance, he said.
Therefore, he declared: "We are firm on the stand that the government will be led by us (after a big win in the elections); there will be no compromise on secular, social justice principles."
That there would be no compromises was clearly stated in the party's first conference held at Vikravandi. "Therefore, do not believe any defamatory content. By God's grace, we can achieve our target," he said.
Vijay's declaration on full commitment to secularism is seen as a clear hint that TVK will not align with the NDA for the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls.
For the past about 5-6 days, claims have been doing the rounds that TVK would align with the NDA. It was claimed that the "successful Jana Sena-TDP model of Andhra Pradesh" was being attempted in Tamil Nadu, and that Vijay would be the Deputy CM like Pawan Kalyan.
While TVK leaders, including CTR Nirmal Kumar, have already ruled out an alliance possibility with the NDA, this is the first time Vijay himself is dropping clear hints that there would not be any alliance with the AIADMK-BJP combine.
According to TVK leader Aadhav Arjuna, his party was "offered the chief ministership for 2.5 years and 90 Assembly seats," out of 234 segments in the state.
Arjuna had said that his party would not "bow before Delhi," seen as a pointer to the BJP.
It is speculated that the "2.5 years CM offer was only from the BJP," a key constituent of the NDA, as the AIADMK had repeatedly denied holding talks with Vijay's party to forge an alliance.
While DMK supporters had claimed that TVK was "BJP's B-Team," BJP leader K Annamalai had attacked TVK as "DMK's B-Team," and the saffron party leader had also alleged a "secret project" of the ruling DMK to retain power in the state.