Udhayanidhi Stalin Thirumavalavan: Amidst accusations by Opposition Leader Udhayanidhi Stalin labeling the TVK administration a sofa-model government, reporters questioned Thol. Thirumavalavan on the matter. Responding to this, Thirumavalavan said, He is someone I hold dear and respect; however, he likely did not make that remark based on this. It is improbable that he was referring to the sofa