BJP President Nainar Nagendran Faces Backlash Over Vijay Remarks

Tamil Nadu BJP President Nainar Nagendran sparked a political controversy on Saturday after making derogatory remarks regarding the parentage of Chief Minister Joseph Vijay. Speaking at the BJP state headquarters, Kamalalayam, Nagendran stated that when people cannot find a father in the house, they should ask the mother to find out who the father is.

The comments were a response to a short story Vijay previously narrated in the Assembly, which mocked DMK president M K Stalin following Stalin's electoral defeat in the Kolathur constituency during the April 2026 Assembly election.

Nagendran's remarks drew condemnation from across the political spectrum. Minister A Rajmohan described the comments as uncivilised and inappropriate, while former BJP president K Annamalai labeled the attack on a leader's mother as third-rate politics that vulgarizes the political arena. A complaint has since been filed against Nagendran at the DGP Office.