Manu took to X (formerly Twitter) on Monday morning and criticised Vijay’s first speech as the CM. He wrote, “In his first speech as Tamil Nadu chief minister, Vijay said that he grew up in poverty, and that he even knows what hunger is. It’s bulls**t because he was my classmate in the third standard in Loyola School.”

Vijay said he was well aware of poverty and hunger during his first speech as the CM on Sunday. He stated that he was the son of an ordinary assistant film director who aspired to succeed in cinema through hard work. “I know what poverty is and what hunger is. I do not have a royal ancestry. I am like you, I am one among you. I am like your son, like your brother,” said the actor-politician.He also called it a new beginning and a new era of ‘real, secular, social justice’. Vijay also said in his speech, “As I have said before, I will not touch even a single paisa from the people’s money. It is not necessary for me either, and you know that very well. Vijay will not indulge in delinquency and will not allow others to do so either. It may be anyone, including those with me in my government, I will not allow.”