Kuala Lumpur, May 12 -- Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Tuesday congratulated the actor-turned-politician C Joseph Vijay on being elected as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, as his newly formed party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), recorded massive electoral gains in the recently concluded state assembly polls.

In a post on X, Ibrahim extended his wishes to Vijay and highlighted the deep cultural and historical ties shared between Malaysia and Tamil Nadu.

The Malaysian Prime Minister mentioned a song called "Oru Viral Puratchi" from Vijay's film Sarkar in his post, which means "one-finger revolution" representing a peaceful and democratic movement against corruption through the power of voting, noting that the revolution is ...