‘No intention to topple’ Vijay govt: DMK clarifies Stalin’s 3-month-long remarks on TVK coalition regime in Tamil Nadu

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Tuesday clarified its president MK Stalin’s remarks on the TVK government, saying his comments that the C Jospeh Vijay-led administration may not last for more than three months were not meant to indicate any attempt to oust it. The party added that former Prime Minister Stalin’s statements were taken out of context and distorted.

Senior leader and former minister Thangam Thenarasu also said, “There was no intention to dissolve or overthrow the government behind Stalin’s comments,” the party said in a statement on X.

According to the DMK, Stalin’s statements were intended to express concern about the government’s performance rather than to predict its imminent collapse.

The party also clarified that Stalin did not say that the government “will collapse within three months,” but rather that it was “moving toward a situation in which it may not last even three months.”

He said: We will not criticize this government and will not talk about it for up to six months.” However, after seeing murders, robberies, machete attacks, drug trafficking, petrol bomb incidents, power outages, farmer protests and sexual violence occurring regularly, he wondered how the opposition could remain silent. In this context, he pointed out that the government appears to be heading towards a situation in which its survival after three months appears uncertain.

But the news is twisting and spreading as if he said that the government will collapse within three months.”

Citing incidents of murder, robbery, sexual violence and drug trafficking, the DMK said that although the government was only a month old, law and order concerns were being reported frequently.

“A new government has been in power in Tamil Nadu for one month. However, TV channels and newspapers are filled with reports of murders, robberies, sexual violence and drug trafficking. In many of these incidents, members of the ruling party, TVK, are allegedly involved,” the party said.

“A ruling party woman was allegedly subjected to sexual violence at the hands of her party members, and the accused were arrested. However, no action was taken against the ruling party MLA named by the woman. Instead, the government, which claims to represent clean politics, expelled the complainant from the party,” the report said.

The DMK also claimed that many of those who voted for the ruling party are now expressing their dissatisfaction on social media.

“They say the honeymoon period lasts 60 days. But those who voted for the current ruling party remained quiet for only a week. On social media, people are expressing their anger against the government,” the DMK said.

He added: “This is exactly what the leader indicated in his speech. Not with any intention of changing or overthrowing the regime. The people themselves are already disappointed.”