Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has deliberate to strengthen its organisational construction by holding zonal conferences for booth-level brokers, aiming to coach them in election-related work and set up a completely purposeful grassroots community by the tip of June, forward of occasion president Vijay’s State-wide tour.
Talking to The Hindu, TVK’s election marketing campaign administration common secretary Aadhav Arjuna mentioned: “The general perception is that only the DMK and AIADMK have solid booth-level party structures. However, the TVK has already formed eight-member committees — including two women in each committee — across all 69,000 booths. A booth secretary has been selected from among them in each booth. We have planned to hold zonal-level conferences for them in all five zones: West, Central, South, North, and Chennai. The first such conference will take place in Coimbatore on April 26 and 27.”
He mentioned these conferences would function coaching classes for booth-level brokers, specializing in digital engagement by means of social media, communication methods, use of the occasion’s cellular utility, figuring out and escalating native points, voter record verification, distribution of sales space slips, duties on polling and counting days, and coordination with election officers.
“Since the launch of the party, this is the first time we are organising such micro-level training clinics. All booth secretaries are now connected through a centralised dashboard to improve coordination. Each secretary has been tasked with door-to-door outreach to communicate the TVK’s ideologies to at least 200 families per booth. We aim to complete all zonal conferences by June, so that the party’s grassroots framework will be firmly in place to support our leader’s [Vijay] tour programme,” Mr. Arjuna added.
Waqf Modification Act
Mr. Arjuna additionally criticised the DMK authorities for not taking robust authorized motion in opposition to the Waqf Modification Act, 2025. “After the Act was passed in Parliament, our leader [Vijay] suggested two courses of action — either organising protests or approaching the judiciary, challenging the Act. We discussed and chose the legal route and consulted senior counsel Abhishek Manu Singhvi. A case was filed on April 15 and listed as item no. 77, the next day. Mr. Singhvi argued that the Act was unconstitutional and should not be taken by High Courts to avoid flooding of similar cases across the country. He represented our party and another petitioner,” Mr. Arjuna mentioned.
Drawing a comparability, Mr. Arjuna identified, “In the Governor issue, the DMK government engaged senior counsels like Mr. Singhvi and Mukul Rohatgi. Why didn’t they [the DMK government] take a similar approach to challenge the Waqf Amendment Act if they are serious about protecting minority rights? The DMK government passed a resolution in the Assembly against the Act after the law had already been passed in both Houses of Parliament. That was just vote bank politics.”
He additionally referenced the method taken by Kerala’s Left-front authorities in difficult the Citizenship Modification Act (CAA). “The Kerala government went to the Supreme Court. Why hasn’t the Tamil Nadu government done the same with the Waqf Amendment Act?” he questioned.
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