'Treating the House like a movie': DMK's Stalin takes a dig at CM Vijay

'Treating the House like a movie': DMK's Stalin takes a dig at CM Vijay

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay

Story highlights

Addressing a party executive meeting on Saturday (Aug 22), Stalin claimed that CM Vijay was only focused on changing names of schemes previously introduced during the DMK's tenure.

DMK president MK Stalin on Saturday mocked Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay over his conduct in the State Assembly. He accused Vijay, previously an actor, of treating the House like a movie set and focusing on delivering punch dialogues.

Addressing a party executive meeting on Saturday (Aug 22), Stalin claimed that CM Vijay was only focused on changing names of schemes previously introduced during the DMK's tenure.

"The present Chief Minister is busy changing the names of all the schemes we introduced. He is treating the Legislative Assembly like a cinema set and delivering punch dialogues," said Stalin.

He then praised his party saying, “As far as we are concerned, whether we win or lose, we are people who remain deeply connected with the day-to-day lives of the people.”

DMK hits out at Vijay's stance on delimitation

The opposition DMK has also questioned Chief Minister Vijay's alleged change in stance on the crucial political and constitutional issue of Delimitation.

Trending Stories

On Friday, DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran pointed out that the Vijay Government had recently passed an Assembly resolution opposing Delimitation and demanded a freeze on the existing 543 Lok Sabha seats.

He also questioned why the Vijay Government had gone from "No Delimitation" to "no state should suffer a reduction in its percentage of Parliamentary representation".

DMK says this is a U-turn by Vijay government and questioned why Vijay had changed his stance after meeting Home Minister Amit Shah, and whether Vijay had gotten afraid or whether he had switched from being an alliance partner of the Congress to joining hands with the BJP.

As the debate on Delimitation rages on in Tamil Nadu, the DMK maintains that it would oppose any legislation that would affect Tamil Nadu's interests and representation, but it would back Delimitation if Tamil Nadu's representation remained at the existing 7.18%.

About the Author

Aditya Shukla has a vast experience of over 20 years in the field of journalism. During the years, he has worked in TV and digital, covering Indian politics and world news extensiv...Read More