Nagapattinam, Sept. 20 -- Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay on Saturday took a sharp dig at the ruling DMK government, asserting that resolving the issues faced by fishermen remained one of his party's top priorities.

The TVK chief highlighted that the Nagapattinam port ranked "second" in Tamil Nadu for fish exports, but lacked modern facilities and processing factories. He also pointed out the poor infrastructure in the district, where many families continued to live in thatched houses.

"We are not like the DMK government that writes a long letter about the fishermen's issue and then remains silent. Finding a solution to the fishermen's problem is one of our key agendas," TVK chief said.

He stressed that the lives of fisherme...