Madurai (Tamil Nadu), February 16 Tamil Nadu BJP chief Nainar Nagenthran on Monday criticized actor-politician Vijay, saying his party lacked a clear policy.
Questioning whether Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam actually had a policy to approach the people in the upcoming Assembly election, Nagenthran challenged Vijay to announce the party’s policies.
"Does he have a policy? He has only written the word 'policy' on paper. Let him clearly explain his party's policies," the BJP leader told reporters here.
Earlier, AIADMK senior leader and former state minister Dindigul C Srinivasan had asked Vijay to contest the Assembly election without invoking the names of AIADMK leaders and former Chief Ministers: M G Ramachandran and J Jayalalithaa.
"If he is dependent on his own strength and identity, then he should stop invoking the legacy of our leaders and refrain from displaying their photos, and then face the election," Srinivasan had told reporters.
At the press conference after inspecting the venue for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting scheduled for March 1, Nagenthran said Vijay should define his party's policies and principles and then talk about the BJP.
Blaming the Tamil Nadu government and TVK for the death of 41 people due to a stampede in Karur last year, he said the TVK's meeting in Salem last week claimed a life.
In response to a question about his controversial comments on Vijay and actress Trisha, the BJP leader said he never intended to hurt anyone.
Recently, while commenting that Vijay lacked political experience, Nagenthran had suggested that the actor should focus on his family and "move on from Trisha."
On a charge that the NDA in the state was yet to take a final shape and was involved in alliance talks, Nagenthran asked, "Why did DMK MP Kanimozhi meet Rahul Gandhi in Delhi? Was it for a compromise? With the Congress demanding a share in power, that party's continuance in the DMK camp has become a question mark."
Unlike them, the BJP has announced that AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami will head the NDA in Tamil Nadu and that he would be the chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming Assembly election, he said.
"It is the DMK alliance that is yet to take shape. The NDA is a strong force. The 2026 election will see Palaniswami becoming the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu," Nagenthran added.
