Madurai, Aug. 21 -- Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief and actor Vijay on Thursday set the tone for the forthcoming Tamil Nadu assembly elections, asserting that his party's "ideological enemy" was the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) while the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) remains its "political enemy".

While addressing a mega rally in Tamil Nadu's Madurai, Vijay said that the contest in the 2026 assembly elections would be between the ruling DMK and his party, TVK.

"Our priority is the safety of women, elders and children. Our government would be friendly to whoever needs special attention, like farmers, youths, transgender people, the elderly without care, and people with physical disabilities. TVK is not a party that was esta...