{"id":914,"date":"2026-05-06T20:07:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/?p=914"},"modified":"2026-05-06T20:07:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:07:32","slug":"humorous-criticism-in-sri-lankan-parliament-over-vijays-election-victory-sparks-debate-on-kachchatheevu-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/2026\/05\/06\/humorous-criticism-in-sri-lankan-parliament-over-vijays-election-victory-sparks-debate-on-kachchatheevu-remarks\/","title":{"rendered":"Humorous Criticism in Sri Lankan Parliament Over Vijay\u2019s Election Victory Sparks Debate on Kachchatheevu Remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1404\" data-end=\"1645\">Reports indicate that actor-turned-politician Joseph Vijay, leader of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), has secured a major victory in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections and is expected to assume office as Chief Minister in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1647\" data-end=\"1886\">Following this development, reactions have emerged within Sri Lanka\u2019s political circles as well. While some Members of Parliament extended congratulations to Vijay, others raised criticism over his campaign promises and political rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1888\" data-end=\"2050\">During today\u2019s parliamentary session in Sri Lanka, MP Chamara Sampath commented on Vijay\u2019s election campaign, particularly his promise to \u201creclaim Kachchatheevu.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2052\" data-end=\"2237\">He made a humorous remark, stating that \u201cif Vijay is saying he will reclaim Kachchatheevu to win votes, then perhaps he might take Kachchatheevu away as well tomorrow or the day after.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2239\" data-end=\"2362\">He also referred to the historical Kachchatheevu agreement during the tenure of former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2364\" data-end=\"2550\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">These remarks have now sparked widespread discussion in both Sri Lankan and Tamil Nadu political circles, particularly regarding campaign rhetoric and cross-border political sensitivity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports indicate that actor-turned-politician Joseph Vijay, leader of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), has secured a major victory in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections and is expected to assume office as Chief Minister in the coming days. Following this development, reactions have emerged within Sri Lanka\u2019s political circles as well. While some Members of Parliament &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":915,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":916,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914\/revisions\/916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}