Chennai, Nov 12:
Chief Minister and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president C. Joseph Vijay has cautioned party legislators against falling into political traps laid by rival parties, urging them to maintain strict discipline, remain united, and focus exclusively on delivering welfare schemes to the public.
Addressing a closed-door consultative meeting with TVK MLAs and ministers at a luxury resort in Mahabalipuram on Wednesday as his government completed six months in office, Vijay held individual one-on-one interactions with legislators to review constituency performance and assess administrative grievances. Party sources indicated that the leadership flagged intelligence inputs suggesting opposition parties were attempting to engineer defections and destabilise the administration, warning legislators that their public conduct is being closely monitored and that any misuse of power or political temptation would jeopardize their future.
During the session, Vijay held separate discussions with Kallakurichi MLA C. Arul Vignesh and Deputy Speaker M. Ravisankar regarding recent controversies involving their conduct, stressing that constituency work alone would determine re-election prospects. He also interacted with women legislators first, assured members that pending local infrastructure demands would be resolved promptly, and presented Deepavali giftsâsilk dhotis and sareesâto the MLAs while urging them to take flagship government programmes directly to the grassroots.