Tamil actor-politician Vijay has junked talk of an alliance between his fledgling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam before the 2026 Assembly election.
In a detailed post on X Monday Vijay’s party flagged a report by a major Tamil daily and said rumours of a deal with the AIADMK were “completely false (and) without evidence”.
The TVK also said it intends to contest the 2026 election sans allies, and claimed it will win a majority “with the help of the people of the country based on policies expressed (by Vijay)”.
“I would like to remind the people of Tamil Nadu to ignore such untrue and false news spread by some people in the guise of political commentators through the media and social media, based on the false opinions expressed by some people spontaneously,” TVK General Secretary Anand said on X.
Talk of an AIADMK-TVK deal emerged after Vijay, while launching his party, identified the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (arch-rivals of the AIADMK) as his primary political opponent and the Bharatiya Janata Party (former allies of the AIADMK) as his primary ideological opponent.
Vijay did not mention the AIADMK, which, in turn, has been sparing in its criticism of the TVK since it was launched, sparking buzz about a possible alliance, the terms of which were said to include 60 of the state’s 234 seats being reserved for the new outfit.
The 50-year-old actor held a high-profile rally in Tamil Nadu’s Villupuram district late last month, in which he declared his party’s ideology and goals. At that event he attacked the DMK and BJP.
He accused the former over the sale of alcohol via government-controlled shops even as it gave money to women. And he criticised the latter over the ‘One Nation, One Election’ proposal.
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The spat between the DMK and TVK flared up days later, after Chief Minister MK Stalin accusing new political parties of trying to eliminate his party. He did not mention Vijay or the TVK but declared, “We don’t have to respond to others… we don’t want to waste time…”
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As for the Congress, which is allied with the DMK at the state and national levels (the latter under the INDIA bloc banner), the party’s state unit, has said it is part of a winning alliance in the state.
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Recently State Congress chief K Selvaperunthagai “there is no question of change in alliance”.
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