Updated On: 02 February, 2024 01:51 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Thalapathy Vijay has announced his plan to enter active politics. The actor announced the name of his political party `Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam`

Thalapathy Vijay
Top Tamil actor Thalapathy Vijay on Friday announced launching a political party, `Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam`, and said he will contest the 2026 Assembly polls in the state. Politics was not yet another vocation but "holy public service," he said in a statement here.
The name of the party `Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam` would loosely translate to `Tamil Nadu Victory Party`. The announcement prompted spontaneous celebrations from his fans, even as speculations were rife for some time about the actor taking the political plunge in a state known for stars graduating from cinema to politics, including the late veterans M G Ramachandran and J Jayalalithaa.