Chennai: The war for the late Jayalalithaa's bastion, RK Nagar, has hit a new low.
Placing the 'coffin' over the bonnet of an open top jeep, supporters of former chief minister O Panneerselvam sought votes for their candidate E Madhusudanan.
What's more, they even put their faction's symbol: the electricity pole with two lamps on top of the coffin. The stunt hasn't gone down well with the other faction and Amma supporters.
The AIADMK (Amma) faction strongly objected to it following which police prevailed on the Panneerselvam group to remove the coffin replica from the campaign, police said
Supporters of Amma faction staged a protest in front of the office of the Returning Officer seeking action against Panneerselvam faction for using the coffin model in the poll campaign.
"It's disgusting to use replica of Amma's dead body. It is an insult to the memory of Amma," said TTV Dinakaran.
Stones were allegedly pelted on Panneerselvam faction members in Netaji Nagar by supporters of AIADMK (Amma) candidate T T V Dinakaran.
A spokesperson for Panneerselvam faction claimed some of their supporters were injured in the attack.
Moments before the 'coffin' was dramatically unwrapped in the middle of campaign, a woman speaker talked about Jayalalithaa's death at a private hospital here last December and the demand for a probe.
The figurine of Jayalalithaa draped in National flag was a replica of the original and attracted the people's attention.
The Panneerselvam camp has time and again raised questions over Jayalalithaa's hospitalisation and her sudden demise.
They even wanted a CBI probe over Jayalalithaa's death.
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