CHENNAI: DMDK general secretary Premalatha Vijayakant shared a video recalling the warm and enduring bond between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and DMDK founder Vijayakant.
Modi responded to her video on platform X, saying, “My dear friend Captain Vijayakant was remarkable! He and I interacted so closely over the years and also worked together. People across generations remember him for the good he did for the society.”
The warm exchange came after the BJP recently sealed the alliance with the AIADMK for the 2026 election. In 2024 Lok Sabha election, when AIADMK exited the BJP-led NDA, the DMDK decided to stay with the Dravidian major. The exchange by both the leaders on Monday is seen as the DMDK and the BJP trying to woo each other.
The video came days after Premalatha expressed displeasure over being sidelined during the recent announcement of the AIADMK-BJP alliance. She said she came to know about the alliance only through television channels and said that the DMDK was not part of any alliance at the moment.
In the video she posted on X, Premalatha reminisced about the genuine friendship shared by the two leaders. She spoke of instances when Modi expressed deep affection and admiration for Vijayakant.
“Narendra Modiji always saw him as more than a political colleague. He would fondly call him the ‘Lion of Tamil Nadu’ and check on him like an elder brother during his illness,” she said.