u/Brilliant-Ninja-8901

Everyone is angry that 717 TASMAC shops were suddenly shut down.
No warning. No preparation. No “grace period.”
I understand the frustration.

But maybe… just maybe…
some decisions are meant to hurt for a short time to heal society for a long time.

Six months from now, many families may quietly thank this move.

Students walking to school without drunk crowds nearby.
Women feeling safer at bus stops.
Temple areas becoming peaceful again.
Travellers and tourists seeing a cleaner Tamil Nadu.
Daily wage workers saving money instead of losing it every evening.

And to those saying:
“People will just go drink somewhere else.”

Not everyone will.

Convenience creates habit.
When access becomes harder, consumption drops for many casual and daily drinkers. That’s reality.

No government can eliminate alcohol overnight.
But reducing easy availability near residential, temple, school, and public areas is still a step forward.

Today people may complain.
Tomorrow some homes may become calmer because of it.

Sometimes leadership is not about doing what is popular.
It is about doing what will matter years later.

One thing people underestimate about BJP/RSS strategy is that they usually think long-term, not just election-to-election.

I don’t think what’s happening in Tamil Nadu is only about whether TVK forms government right now.

The bigger signal is this:
TVK celebrations were happening outside Tamil Nadu too — Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai’s Dharavi, Delhi, etc.

That matters politically.

Just 3 years ago, most people didn’t even believe Vijay was serious about politics. Many thought it was celebrity hype that would fade away.

Now suddenly he’s being discussed as an actual political force.

And with 2029 coming up, national parties are obviously watching carefully. Especially the possibility of regional forces + opposition forces growing stronger together over time.

Whether people support Vijay or not, one thing is clear:
his rise changed the political conversation much faster than traditional parties expected.

Politics is rarely only about the next election.

A lot of it is about preventing future momentum before it becomes too big to control.

If DMK and AIADMK ever join hands to regain power in 2026, they won’t be stopping BJP.

They’ll be laying the red carpet for BJP’s entry into Tamil Nadu.

For decades, Tamil Nadu kept BJP limited because DMK and AIADMK competed against each other.

The moment both become one side, voters looking for an opposition will naturally search for a new force — and BJP will fill that vacuum.

This is exactly what Vijay understood early.

Sometimes the biggest threat to a movement doesn’t come from outside.

It comes when old rivals become indistinguishable.