Conflict between TVK Government and DMK over Gesture and Allegations
A fresh war of words started up between the ruling TVK government and the opposition DMK in Tamil Nadu. It all kicked off because Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay recreated that viral hand-slashing gesture, one associated with former chief minister MK Stalin, during a speech in the Assembly. Massive flak followed immediately from the opposition side.
Vijay made this move while concluding his reply to the Motion of Thanks on the Governor’s Address. And then came the gesture itself. With DMK members already staging a walkout from the House, Vijay turned to the Speaker, JCD Prabhakar, asking for permission to make it this specific hand movement that had become linked with Stalin earlier this year.
“I wanted to enact this little bit in the presence of the DMK members,” Vijay asked. “But they have all walked out. Can I make the gesture, with your permission?” The Speaker aGreed. And then he did it. A downward slashing motion. It caused loud desk-thumping from the treasury bench members.
The gesture instantly snagged attention. Why? Because everyone saw the resemblance to a move Stalin had made back in March, right after the DMK finalized its seat-sharing deal with Congress. Stalin himself later said that gesture symbolized successfully wrapping up those alliance talks and he repeated it publicly afterward. It wasn’t just random; there was history packed into that motion.
Before making the physical act, Vijay launched a broadside against the DMK and Leader of Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin. He started hitting them with remarks immediately. Referring to criticism Udhayanidhi had leveled just the day before about law-and-order issues in the state, Vijay shot back: “Evils, evils-nu devils pesa koodathu.” Devils shouldn't talk about evils.
This was a direct response to Udhayanidhi’s earlier comment in the Assembly on Monday that remaining silent when evil is present is itself a form of evil. It felt like an escalation right there.
The DMK didn't just sit there. They hit back hard. They accused Vijay of turning the proceedings into some kind of theatrical performance. The party claimed he used his reply to the Governor’s Address to deliver “scripted allegations” instead of actually addressing what was pressing for the public. It felt calculated, manipulative.
They also turned their ire toward the Speaker. They said the Speaker should be responsible for letting Vijay speak without interruption. They compared the whole session to a film shoot, not a real legislative debate.
“Treating the Assembly’s live cameras as cinema cameras,” the DMK stated. “He delivered his speech as though it were some kind of film shoot.” That was their take on the Speaker's conduct.
And the substance issue came up too. The opposition felt Vijay completely dodged the real concerns. They argued that the speech lacked actual responses regarding power cuts, what farmers were worried about, law and order problems, and how electoral promises were being handled.
Plus, they objected strongly to those remarks suggesting farmer protests were somehow instigated by opposition parties. They called that insulting to the farming community. It just wasn't okay.
Finally, there was this personal swipe thrown in. The DMK suggested Vijay needed to stop acting like “Actor Vijay” and start behaving like the actual Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu instead. That’s where the friction really settled in.
Written by Gree News Team — Senior Editorial Board
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