Tamil Nadu: DMK Deploys Soothsayer In 'Rationalist Capital' Erode By-polls; Annamalai Takes A Dig

In a video that is going viral on social media, Salem Govindan, a DMK member has been campaigning for the party in the guise of a soothsayer dressed in Hindu religious attire, i.e., wearing a japamala and having a Kudukuduppai (damaru) in hand.

Calling himself 'Jakkamma', he keeps saying slogans in praise of Chief Minister MK Stalin, the DMK party and asks people to vote for EVKS Elangovan.

Following is a video of Jakkamma's campaign-

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president, K Annamalai chose to take a dig at the DMK because the party formally preaches rationalism and argues against what it calls 'superstitions.'

According to political commentators, while this is not the first time that the DMK has asked Govindan to campaign as Jakkamma, what is even more astonishing is that Erode is the land of Dravidian ideologue EV Ramasamy (Periyar) and his descendant EVKS Elangovan is the candidate in the bypoll.