Ex-VCK MLA threatens to leave party over its support for TVK
Former VCK MLA 'Panaiyur' Babu has expressed his intention to leave the party due to dissatisfaction with its leadership and ideological direction. He criticized VCK leader Thol. Thirumavalavan for inconsistent stances on key issues. VCK general secretary Sinthanai Selvan urged Babu to reconsider his decision, emphasizing the importance of their leader's vision for social equality.
- ▪Former VCK MLA 'Panaiyur' Babu threatened to leave the party over ideological concerns.
- ▪Babu criticized VCK leader Thol. Thirumavalavan for taking contradictory positions on issues.
- ▪VCK general secretary Sinthanai Selvan encouraged Babu to reconsider his departure from the party.
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Despite joining Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s Cabinet, the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) has been facing sustained criticism for not being true to its “ideological roots” from its own comrades.On Sunday, former VCK MLA “Panaiyur” Babu wrote to the party leader expressing his desire to leave the party, as the leader operated “without ideological clarity and is stumbling along”.In a statement, Mr. Babu said VCK leader Thol. Thirumavalavan took different stands on the same issue. “[He] took one stand yesterday, another one in a television interview, another at the press conference and contradicted the same on a Facebook live. Yesterday, you [Thirumavalavan] called the actor [Vijay] the child of “BJP and RSS”.
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