Ex-revenue officer joins Vijay's party, DMK alleges he raided actor's home in 2020
However, both Arunraj and TVK general secretary Aadhav Arjuna have denied these claims. When asked about the DMK's allegation, the two dismissed it as untrue.Reacting to the IRS officer joining the TVK, DMK MP P Wilson wrote on X, 'Is your master Sarkar? Did they threaten you with a knife or a gun,' a veiled reference using the titles of popular Vijay films, Master and Sarkar.DMK spokesperson A Saravanan challenged Arunraj to come out and flatly deny that he was involved in Vijay's raids in 2020.'If someone has investigated Vijay for IT violations and joins the same party, it makes a mockery of our executives,' Saravan told India Today.Speaking to India Today, BJP leader and former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan came out in support of Vijay and Arunraj.advertisementShe alleged that the DMK was 'scared of Vijay and the BJP' and questioned why the ruling party was commenting on other parties if it was confident of its own position. She also accused the DMK of hypocrisy, claiming that it had appointed its own party secretaries as university Vice Chancellors.In a press release, it was also noted that several others, including former AIADMK MLAs R Rajalakshmi and A Sridharan, former DMK MLA S David Selvan, former judge C Subash have joined the TVK.
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