Chennai, Oct. 28 -- Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president and actor Vijay today squarely blamed the M K Stalin-led DMK government for the ongoing farmers' distress, warning that a rising tide of resentment could "send the government packing home."Breaking his month-long silence following the September 27 stampede tragedy at his Karur rally, Vijay, in a statement, charged the government with being directly responsible for the damage and destruction of harvested paddy, which was left drenched at procurement centres across the Cauvery delta districts and elsewhere.

Vijay asserted that the government's failure to address this "perennial issue" has left farmers in the lurch, despite the fact that rainfall during this season is a recurring ev...