CHENNAI: Actor and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay, in his first public speech after the Karur crowd-crush tragedy, targeted the DMK alone in his criticism of the ruling party, alleging corruption and poor governance.

For perhaps the first time, Vijay outlined several welfare measures that his party is likely to include in its election manifesto for the 2026 Assembly elections.

With the term “tharkuri” becoming infamously popular on social media to refer to the “ignorance” of Vijay’s supporters by political parties, the actor-politician, employing consonance, delivered a repartee.

He said his supporters were not tharkuris, but those who would make the future of the DMK a “kelvi kuri” (a question mark). “They are acharya kuri (exclamation marks) of Tamil Nadu politics. The

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