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NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu main curate Vijay connected Wednesday won the spot ballot successful the Tamil Nadu assembly and followed it up with a combative unfastened missive to the people, accusing the absorption Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) of trying to undermine his authorities contempt its floor-test victory.Moving the assurance question for his Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government, Vijay secured the enactment of 144 MLAs, portion 22 voted against, 5 remained neutral and 60 did not participate.In an unfastened missive released soon aft the ballot connected X, Vijay called the result a wide endorsement of his authorities and deed retired astatine "arrogant" DMK arsenic they walked retired of the assembly claiming Vijay did not person majority.
The spot ballot comes days aft Vijay took oath arsenic CM pursuing a fractured verdict successful the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly election, wherever TVK emerged arsenic the azygous largest enactment but fell abbreviated of a bulk connected its own.
The enactment aboriginal secured extracurricular enactment from the Indian National Congress, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Indian Union Muslim League.In his statement, Vijay straight targeted person of the absorption Udhayanidhi Stalin and rejected the DMK’s statement that his authorities lacked bulk nationalist support."The old, stale statement that we did not person the enactment of the bulk of Tamil Nadu radical was erstwhile again raised by the absorption person successful his accustomed style," Vijay said.
Citing predetermination figures, helium claimed that TVK had won 34.92% of the ballot portion contesting alone, compared to DMK’s standalone 24.19%."These are not numbers we are saying. These are figures released by the Election Commission," helium wrote, adding that TVK had secured implicit 1.72 crore votes, which helium said was astir 53 lakh much than the DMK's tally.Vijay besides utilized the missive to deed backmost astatine allegations that his authorities depended connected "borrowed support" from different parties.
"It is due to the fact that we are firmly committed to secular values that Congress, VCK, CPI, CPM and IUML supported our government," helium said.In a pointed governmental attack, Vijay accused the DMK of hypocrisy implicit conjugation authorities and invoked its past ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party."People person not forgotten however the DMK abruptly supported the BJP confederation during the 1999 assurance ballot successful Parliament. Nor person they forgotten that aboriginal the DMK allied with the aforesaid BJP and obtained ministerial positions," helium wrote.The TVK main besides suggested that the absorption had attempted to forestall his enactment from forming the authorities aft the election, saying, “The DMK did everything imaginable to guarantee that the TVK should not signifier a authorities contempt being the azygous largest enactment with people’s support.”Positioning his authorities arsenic 1 rooted successful nationalist sentiment alternatively than societal media optics, Vijay said, “We bash not trust simply connected integer technology.
We trust lone connected the emotions of the people.”He ended the missive with a connection of continuity, saying his medication would stay focused connected payment and governance contempt governmental attacks.“We volition not wage attraction to mudslinging. We volition ever absorption lone connected people-centric actions, schemes and laws,” Vijay said, adding that his authorities would stay “firmly committed to secularism and societal justice.”The DMK had walked retired of assembly during the level test.
