# Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam

Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (Tamil: தமிழக வெற்றிக் கழகம், lit. 'Tamil Nadu Victory Federation'; abbr. TVK) is an Indian regional political party in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It was founded by actor-turned-politician Vijay on 2 February 2024. The party is led by its founder Vijay as the president of the party from its date of founding. The headquarters of the party is located at Seashore Town, 8th Avenue, Panaiyur, Chennai.

## History

On 26 June 2009, Vijay launched his fan club, Vijay Makkal Iyakkam, in Pudukkottai to carry out philanthropic activities. The organization supported the AIADMK-led Alliance in the 2011 legislative assembly elections. The fan club organization contested the local body elections in Tamil Nadu in October 2021, securing victory in 115 out of the 169 seats they contested. Vijay called the Citizenship (Amendment) Act of 2019 as "unacceptable" as it would disrupt the social and religious harmony of the nation.

### (2024–present)

On 2 February 2024, Vijay announced the launch of his political party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, and stated its intent to enter the 2026 elections. N.Anand is currently serving as the general secretary of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam. In July, 2024, Vijay called for ban on National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), as its biased against rural students and urged the departments of education and sanitation to be moved back to the state list from the concurrent list.
In 4 September, 2024, It was reported TVK will adopt left-wing leaning political ideologies, including Ambedkarism, Marxism, and Periyarism, and will not align with right-wing positions or ideologies. The party will be opposing the current status quo ruling parties, DMK in Tamil Nadu and BJP in centre. It was announced that the party's ideology will be revealed in detail at TVK's first political conference, TVK Maanadu, on October 27, 2024.
On 27 October, 2024, TVK held its first conference in Vikravandi, which was attended by 800,000 to 1,200,000 people. Cutouts of social justice leaders and freedom fighters like Periyar, Ambedkar, Kamaraj, Anjalai Ammal and Velu Nachiyar were erected and announced that they will be TVK's ideological guiding leaders . Vijay revealed his party's ideology as 'Secular Social Justice ideologies' and stated that TVK reflects a left-leaning Dravidian stance in most aspects. He stated that the party would uphold policies such as the two-language policy, social justice, equality, secularism, socialism, egalitarianism, and democracy. While Vijay did not directly name the BJP and DMK, but it is reported that his comments were aimed at them. He emphasized that the TVK considers any party promoting a divisive agenda, targeting BJP as its ideological opponent, while viewing the ruling DMK as its primary political adversary due to allegations of corruption and the promotion of dynasty politics in name of Dravidian model. On November 3, 2024, TVK passed 26 resolutions against BJP and DMK's rule and policies. Since the conference with massive youth presence, TVK's rise has pushed the established parties, including DMK and AIADMK, to increase there efforts to retain the youth vote ahead of the 2026 Tamil Nadu elections.

## Party leader

Founder and First President is Vijay.