Earlier on Saturday, the Union government had deployed additional security forces in the Erode East constituency.

While MK Stalin would roll out his campaign in the Erode East constituency for a day, Udhayanidhi Stalin would be touring the constituency for three days.

The dissented BJP leader had also pledged that his supporters in the Erode East constituency will cast their votes to EVKS Elangovan, the candidate of the DMK alliance in the bypoll. 

As NTK has secured 10,021 votes and finished third in the race in the 2021 assembly polls in Erode East, the party hopes to be a competitive contender in the upcoming bypoll.

T Manickam was apprehended by the police amid a public outrage over the unruly behaviours of the DMK leaders, including ministers, in recent times. 

Annamalai has accused DMK of facing the election with the hope on money and that the party thinks anything can be bought with money. 

In a slew of issues, Tamil Nadu ruling DMK has decided to highlight two recent and important issues against the BJP along with the state-related issues.

On the other hand, EPS has recently approached the Supreme Court and sought a directive to the Election Commission of India to allocate the party's 'Two leaves' symbol to him.

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. 

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