Vijay Pays Tribute To Ex-LTTE Chief, BJP Targets Rahul Gandhi,

Tamil Nadu’s superstar-turned-Chief Minister Vijay paying tribute to the banned outfit Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)’s founder, V Prabhakaran, has triggered a massive controversy.

The BJP took a potshot at Congress over this, seeking to remind Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi that the LTTE was responsible for his father, former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi’s, assassination.

Defending Vijay, sources in his party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, stressed that his reference was to the massacre of thousands of Tamils in Sri Lanka and not just about Prabhakaran’s death.

Prabhakaran was named the main accused in Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination in 1991 and the LTTE was banned in India for its role in the high-profile killing of a sitting prime minister.(UPDATED ON 19TH MAY 2026)