On the occasion of Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay expressed solidarity with the global Tamil diaspora and pledged his administration’s continued support for their rights.
In his post on X, Vijay paid tribute to Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) founder V Prabhakaran on his death anniversary. Referring to Mullivaikkal in Sri Lanka, where he was shot dead by the Lankan army in 2009, Vijay wrote, “We will carry the memories of Mullivaikkal in our hearts! We will always stand in solidarity for the rights of our Tamil kin living across the sea!”
Notably, the LTTE is banned in India over its key role in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991. Prabhakaran was the main accused in the case.
The Mullivaikal Remembrance Day, also known as Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day, marks the tragic culmination of the Sri Lankan Civil War in 2009.
As per United Nations estimates, between 40,000 and 70,000 Tamil civilians lost their lives in the final stages, transforming Mullivaikkal into a universal symbol of wartime atrocities and civilian suffering.
முள்ளிவாய்க்கால் நினைவுகளை இதயத்தில் ஏந்துவோம்! கடல் கடந்து வாழும் நம் தமிழ்ச் சொந்தங்களின் உரிமைகளுக்காக எப்போதும் துணை நிற்போம்!
— TVK Vijay (@TVKVijayHQ) May 18, 2026
BJP slams Congress
Amit Malviya, the head of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s national IT cell, stated that Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, “would have no problem with it, as long as the Congress gets a slice of power.”
“Tamil Nadu’s new Chief Minister has paid homage to LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, whose outfit assassinated former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Of course, Rahul Gandhi would have no problem with it, as long as the Congress gets a slice of power. After all, the DMK too was an LTTE apologist, yet Congress remained perfectly comfortable in alliance with it,” he wrote on X.
Apart from the BJP, former Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin too addressed the matter and wrote on X, “You can fool some people for some time. You can fool some people for a long time. But you cannot fool everyone all the time!”