Vijay calls emergency meeting of TVK MLAs amid allegations of misconduct and Opposition attack

Chennai: Tamil Nadu chief minister and TVK founder C Joseph Vijay has reportedly called an emergency meeting of his party's legislators amid growing scrutiny of the conduct of some MLAs and mounting pressure from the Opposition. The meeting is expected to be held at the TVK headquarters in Chennai on Wednesday and will be chaired by Vijay.

The TVK leadership is likely to issue strict instructions to party functionaries and MLAs on maintaining discipline and public conduct. They are also expected to be told to behave with dignity, address public grievances and refrain from misusing their authority.

The meeting is expected to focus particularly on allegations against TVK MLA and Deputy Speaker M Ravisankar, who has faced criticism from parties following a controversy involving a local resident.


On Monday, the resident, who claimed to be a TVK voter, alleged that he was attacked by Ravisankar after approaching him with a request to address civic issues in his ward.

The alleged victim had shared a video purportedly showing the legislator assaulting him and chasing him away on Diwali night after he raised the issue. However, he retracted his allegations the following morning, claiming that there were no differences between him and the Deputy Speaker.

Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu's Opposition parties on Tuesday alleged that Kallakurichi MLA C Arul Vignesh had sent obscene text messages to a woman IAS officer serving as the district collector. DMK MP Kanimozhi alleged that the MLA, while in an inebriated state, had also visited the collector's office without the woman officer's consent.

The TVK is conducting an internal inquiry into the matter. However, Vignesh denied the allegations. "I have not done any such thing. They are rumours. It is not true," he said.

DMK president MK Stalin criticised the ruling TVK, saying Tamil Nadu's "law and order is in ICU" and the "administration is in coma". "There have been 17 murders on a single day. And a TVK MLA is accused of sending obscene text messages to a female district collector. Criminals have no fear under the current government and police have no security either. People's representatives from TVK have no control. In total, the 'part-time' chief minister has no responsibility at all," the former CM wrote on X.

AIADMK treasurer Dindigul Srinivasan claimed the legislator "went to the collector's house in an inebriated condition and harassed her. This is shocking". "The collector, who ought to protect the people, seems to have no security from a ruling party MLA. What a shame," Srinivasan said.

AMMK general secretary TTV Dhinakaran alleged that the TVK leadership had turned a blind eye to party functionaries accused of sexually harassing schoolgirls and kidnapping and gang-raping members of their own party.