Chennai, May 27 -- Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) president Thol Thirumavalavan on Wednesday urged his cadres to refrain from staging protests against its former ally DMK.

The VCK chief emphasised the need for unity and instructed his workers to focus their energy on strengthening the party's grassroots presence rather than reacting to "propaganda".

"Our VCK cadres should avoid protesting against DMK, and instead, focus on strengthening our party. Those who are against us always criticise us. Now, some people have started criticising us, comparing us with Congress. Stalin knows well how we gave importance to the DMK alliance and how we worked in the election. I appeal to our cadres not to take the issue forward. We got victory bec...