On 25 September 2019, Balaji has fueled a controversy after calling Congress MP
Manickam Tagore as an 'ungrateful dog' and asked people to beat him with slippers when he comes seeking vote in
Nanguneri. In another scathing remark he further called him a pig and asked people to shoot Manickam Tagore with
rubber bullets if he ever went there. Bhalaji on 13 May 2019 created controversy when he said actor-politician
Kamal Haasan's tongue should be chopped off for saying that
Nathuram Godse was a Hindu extremist. On 9 March 2019, he claimed prime minister
Narendra Modi as the father of his party
AIADMK on the demise of late
J. Jayalalithaa who he and his party members called their mother. On 23 March 2020, K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji was removed from his post as the AIADMK district secretary in
Virudhunagar. The decision came hours after he made a controversial statement linking
COVID-19 with religion. Sattur AIADMK MLA Rajavarman accused Balaji of threatening to kill him for 6 months with mercenaries. He claimed that Balaji threatened to cut and stab him. He said this during a meeting on 18 October 2020. ==Elections contested==