Chennai, Aug. 21 -- Former Telangana Governor and BJP leader Tamilisai Soundararajan on Thursday hit out at Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay, calling his address in Madurai today as being "empty".

Soundararajan argued that the BJP's mention in Vijay's speech today was indicative of the party becoming strong in Tamil Nadu.

"The way he was talking shows that the BJP is becoming strong. He portrays himself as a lion. He only revealed his empty speech today. He spoke about fishermen and minorities. Our PM talks about 'sabka saath, sabka vikas', and doesn't leave the minorities," the BJP leader told ANI.

Meanwhile, BJP leader H Raja called Vijay a "fascist" and labelled his speech as "nonsense."

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