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 Congress leaders pressed the President to remove Home Minister Amit Shah from the office for his abdication of duty and inability to restrain the violence in Delhi.
The Central government has deputed National Security Adviser Ajit Doval to Delhi as an in-charge to bring the city under control. He has toured the violence-hit regions and reviewed the security apparatus in place.
Rajinikanth said that the riots in Delhi were due to the failure of the intelligence and it must have been dealt with an iron fist especially when US President Donald Trump was touring India.
Trump has highlighted Modi's notion of upholding religious freedom in India and he made the statement just a few kilometers away from where the violence on the citizenship bill has been ongoing.
Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said that the situation in Delhi was under control and the adequate number of forces have been deployed to the violence-hit regions.
The violence was reported hours ahead of US President Donald Trump's visit to Delhi. Trump landed in Ahmedabad on Monday morning where he visited Sabarmati Ashram and addressed a rally in Gujarat.
