India, April 9 -- Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay launched a scathing attack on the ruling DMK during a campaign rally in Tirunelveli, alleging that if Chief Minister MK Stalin had "full powers", the event would not have happened.

"The CM would have put some kind of obstacle and prevented us from coming. But now, this is a "caretaker Government," as it is called, and he's a CM without authority," Vijay said. Dubbing the DMK-led bloc a "cash-box alliance", the actor-turned-politician alleged it was formed using "looted" money. He claimed the constituent parties lack internal unity, stating that "people in the alliance won't even cast a vote for each other".

Taking a swipe at the grand old party, Vijay alleged that the DMK had ...