VK Sasikala has currently been lodged in the Parappana Agrahara Prison in Bengaluru since February 2017 after she was convicted for four years of imprisonment in the Disproportionate Assets Case.

Former ADMK MP Lakshmanan had recently dissented against the ADMK leadership and joined DMK in the presence of party's president MK Stalin.

It has been one of the crucial issues that have been irking the state opposition party for the past three years.

As this year's Vinayagar Chathurthi falls on August 22, the BJP and other Hindu outfits have been fastening its attack against the ADMK government to celebrate the festival at the public places. 

The leaders said that action will be taken against the party members who speak about the AIADMK's affairs in public and in media without the approval of the party leadership.

Vijay had served as the Tamil Nadu Health Minister when Jayalalithaa was the state's Chief Minister.

The poster pasted across Theni district, which stirred furor, further reads that Panneerselvam, who got blessings from former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, will forever be the people's Chief Minister. 

BJP National Secretary H Raja questioned the government's ban on the Vinayagar Chaturthi celebrations while it can operate the TASMAC liquor shops across the state without observing social distancing.

The development has come when the Tamil Nadu BJP party had shocked the ADMK by stating that the BJP will be leading the alliance in the next assembly polls.

With less than one year away for the state elections, BJP's remarks, minister's statements, and controversies had burdened the ADMK party to hit the campaign trail, amid the COVID-19 outbreak.