Vasan's campaign for the upper house has come at a crucial time when the senior leaders of ADMK have been stressing the party's chiefs to keep its candidates on the fray for the three Rajya Sabha seats.
The DMK party and its members have been mourning for the sudden back to back demise of the party's MLAs that had descended the current numbers of DMK MLAs in the assembly to 98.
Samy had served as the Fisheries Minister between 2006-2011 in the DMK government and he was again elected to the assembly from Thiruvottiyur constituency in the 2016 election.
The BJP believes that by placing these local business biggies, it would immobilize the DMK leaders in their own districts through which it can build the path towards victory.
The ruling ADMK party, which is vying to retain the power in 2021, has been engineering its politics to ensure that the PMK party led by Dr. Ramadoss stays in the alliance.
On Tuesday, the Election Commission of India has announced the schedule for the elections to 55 Rajya Sabha seats in 17 states that are due to get expired in April.
The developments have shown that the policial parties in the state have been pacing up their political race and their agenda as the relay is on for the rivals towards taking up the baton of power in the 2021 elections.