It must be noted that VK Sasikala is not active in politics after getting released from the Karnataka prison last year. She neither campaigned nor endorsed any party in the local body polls.
The protest from the functionary against wearing hijab had pushed voting into a brief pause and it had later resumed after he was replaced by another functionary.
Actor Vijay is among the celebrities who had come to cast the votes immediately after the polling began. Vijay had cast his vote at a polling station in Neelankarai in the outskirts of Chennai.
A former ADMK Minister had campaigned for the BJP, though both parties had parted ways from their alliance owing to the non-consensus over seat allocation.
The party has blamed the state ruling DMK for its role in the death and the state election commission has deferred the election in that particular ward where the candidate was being fielded.
