With the strong support from the DMK alliance, Elangovan holds an advantage in the bypoll race and recently, he also got a backing from Kamal Haasan's Makkal Needhi Maiam. 

On Wednesday - January 25, Kamal Haasan announced that his party would support the Congress candidate in the Erode East bypoll, that has been scheduled to be held on February 27.

Nehru's assault on a DMK cadre has come days after another minister SM Nasar was slammed for hurling a stone at party workers.

Their rivalry has now sparked a battle for ADMK's trademark 'Two leaves' symbol ahead of the Erode East bypoll and it's certain that whoever wins the battle would possibly enjoy the symbol in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

The incident has happened in Thousands Lights area of the city on Friday morning and the techie was rushed to a government hospital, where the doctors declared her brought dead. 

Based on a complaint from councillor's husband, the police registered a case and former four special teams to locate the missing mother and son. 

Both these snake catchers, Vadivel Gopal and Masi Sadaiyan, have been conferred with the Padma Shri, the country's fourth-highest civilian award. 

MK Stalin and RN Ravi rubbed shoulders on Thursday - January 26 in a ceremony in Chennai that was organized on the occasion of Indian Republic Day. 

Kamal Haasan was in the limelight for the past few days and several speculations were doing rife about his stand in the bypoll. 

Despite changing his affiliations to several Dravidian parties in the state, Sampath is well known for his public speaking and being a staunch Dravidian ideologist.