DMK president M.K. Stalin on Saturday said the Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) government, headed by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, was “sitting on the fence” and would “certainly fall one day”.

Addressing the party’s youth wing meeting, he said the TVK could muster the strength to form a government only with support from the CPI(M), CPI, VCK, IUML, and the Congress. He also alleged that it had unsuccessfully attempted to split the AIADMK to secure support. He asserted that what had happened in Tamil Nadu was “not a political tsunami, but a cinema tsunami”.

“The glitter of cinema has been capitalised on to get votes. But they were not able to lure everyone,” he said, comparing public support for Vijay to a child’s fascination with a new doll.

“If children see a new doll, they will want to have it. But within two days, they will get bored and throw it away. In a similar manner, people have voted for their favourite actor who launched a party. Soon they will lose interest in the doll. Like a child longing for its mother, they will search for the DMK,” he said.

Mr. Stalin also claimed that the last five years of the DMK government had been the best in the past 50 years. “I have no hesitation in saying that. By saying this, I am not claiming that I am better than our predecessors. I learnt from them and provided better governance. We have done what we were asked to do. People too will realise it,” the former Chief Minister added.