Vijay dismisses claims of TVK-NDA tie-up, affirms secular stand

Chennai: Avoiding directly naming the NDA, TVK chief Vijay on Wednesday dismissed as "false campaign" claims of "alliance talks" for the April 23 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls.

Cadres may have been confused due to claims that TVK may go in for an alliance, Vijay said, addressing an Iftar event held at Mamallapuram near here.

Giving ample hints that TVK will not align with NDA for the 2026 TN Assembly polls, he declared: "We are firm on the stand that the government will be led by us (following a big win in the polls); there will be no compromise on secular, social justice principles."


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TVK belongs to the 'people's team,' he asserted and dismissed allegations that his party functioned as "B-Team".

However, Vijay did not elaborate on who accused the 'TVK as B-team.'

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.

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TVK leader Aadhav Arjuna has claimed that his party was "offered the chief minister ship 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.