Tamil Nadu actor Vijay officially confirmed his political entry by announcing his party name “Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam”.
He has decided to quit Cinema after the completion of a movie project currently in his hands and then to completely devote himself to politics.
Vijay: Actor to Politician
In Tamil Nadu, actor Vijay is a big sensation and has a huge fan base. Apart from Tamil Nadu, his movie has a good market throughout South India. Thalapathy Vijay Makkal Iyakkam (TVMI) is an association of his fans through which he did several welfare helps to people.
Moreover, the talk about his political entry started many years back by his fans, but he was quiet and gradually started to address people’s issues, criticizing the government in his films and his speech during the audio launch of his movies also gets huge attention in Tamil Nadu.
He is now working on his 68th film, Greatest of All Time (GOAT) and also signed for the untitled 69th film labelled as T69.
Meanwhile, Vijay was constantly consulting with the TVMI members from time to time. In this context, actor Vijay held a surprise meeting with the general committee members of TVMI recently at his office in Panayur regarding his political entry and the information said that the party is going to be launched on January 26 .
Tamil Nadu Vetri Kazhagam
Confirming the long-held rumous, actor Vijay officially announced his political entry today via his X social handle that the party has been registered as ‘Tamil Nadu Vetri Kazhagam’(TVK). The letter note released by him starts with a quote from Thirukkural, ‘Pirappokkum ella uyirkum’ which means ‘everyone is equal by birth.’
He also added that, current political scenario is engulfed with corruption, administrative lag on one hand and divisive politics which divides people by caste and religion on the other hand. So Tamil Nadu needs a selfless, transparent, caste free, visionary administration which he tends to give. He planned to contest in state assembly election in 2026 and not going to contest or support any party in upcoming Lok sabha election 2024. The agenda of the party is going to be released after the end of the Lok sabha election.
Meanwhile, the functionaries of TVMI camped in Delhi and the General Secretary, Bussy Anand is going to meet the Chief Election Commission of India to register the party.
Film stars and Politics in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu has a sick culture of accepting movie stars as their political leaders. By this way, 49 years old actor Vijay follows the food print of Dr. MGR, Dr. Jayalalitha, Dr. Napoleon and Dr. Vijayakanth. In this situation, actor Vijay quit his film career while he was at its peak and decides to enter politics.
While mentioning about his film career, he clearly said that he considers politics as a serious thing and not as a profession or entertainment. So he is going to quit cinema after completing one movie project which is now in his hands.