Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam chief Vijayakanth was the first person to urge the Government to fix a good price for tea. Disclosing this to media persons, the Deputy Secretary of Captain Mandram, C.M. Ponnuswamy, said the DMDK chief raised the issue in the Assembly when Jayalalithaa was the Chief Minister. “He was the first person to raise the issue in the Assembly,” Ponnuswamy said, after inaugurating the party office here.