VCK MP Ravi Kumar accuses Vijay of acting on BJP’s political script
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Chennai: Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) MP and party general secretary Ravi Kumar on Monday launched a scathing attack on actor-turned-politician Vijay, alleging that the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) founder was executing a political strategy crafted by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
His remarks followed the Supreme Court’s order for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the Karur stampede that killed 41 people during a TVK election rally on September 27. The court dismissed Vijay’s plea to stay the Madras High Court’s directive for a Special Investigation Team (SIT) and instead handed the case to the central agency.
Reacting to the development, Ravi Kumar wrote on X that “many people on social media have started pointing out that Vijay has now fallen fully into the BJP’s grip.”
He added, “We have been saying for a long time that Vijay launched his political party at the behest of the BJP. He is a political actor performing a script written by the BJP.”
The VCK leader claimed that the BJP’s broader strategy in Tamil Nadu was to divide the minority vote traditionally aligned with the DMK. “The BJP aims to divert around 14 per cent of the minority votes from the DMK, preventing it from securing a majority, and then seize power in Tamil Nadu following the Maharashtra model. Vijay is being used as the face of this plan,” he alleged.
According to him, Vijay’s political positioning, portraying the BJP as an ideological rival while accusing the DMK of having covert ties with it, and appearing close to the Congress, was designed to confuse minority voters. “These are carefully crafted strategies to create disarray among minorities,” he said.
Ravi Kumar further asserted that the BJP would not induct Vijay into its fold directly, as that would diminish his influence. “Therefore, the BJP plans to keep him separate, ensuring his support without absorbing him,” he claimed.
Concluding his post, the MP wrote, “Vijay is not an independent political leader but an actor reciting the BJP’s dialogue in their political theatre. It is time people understood this reality.”