The RK Nagar bypolls is turning out to be a battle field for both the fractions of AIADMK. In a new turn of events, actor-turned-politicians Vijayashanthi made a surprise appearance in RK Nagar on Friday evening, alongside AIADMK (Amma) candidate TTV Dhinakaran and lashed out against former chief minister O Panneerselvam.
The action heroine and former TRS MP, was in the BJP for several years and j
oined Congress in 2014. However, over the last few months, she has been vocal in her support for AIADMK general secretary V K Sasikala.
“Only one man, Panneerselvam keeps lying. For political selfishness, he is telling lies. You are all aware of what he did yesterday,” she said. She was referring to a campaign by some supporters of the O Panneerselvam faction, who went around certain areas of the constituency with a plastic fibre replica of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa’s ‘body’, placed in a coffin.
A spokesperson for Panneerselvam faction had clarified that the coffin campaign did not have their support and that former minister K Pandiarajan had advised the group to stop the rally.
In February this year, Vijayashanthi had backed Sasikala, during the tussle between the latter and Panneerselvam.