Both of them had faced untoward incidents on their way as their convoys had met with an accident, leaving them to shift to another car to reach the spot before the Prime Minister arrives.
Criticism against Raja has been growing with the demand to place an apology and the Chennai police had booked him under three sections of the Indian Penal Code.
He had recently campaigned in Tuticorin during which he strongly slammed the Center and state governments over failing to establish AIIMS Hospital in Madurai.
Edappadi Palaniswami's advice to Panneerselvam had shown how the former is worried if Sasikala comes back to the party, which will cause an internal drift and will take over the leadership.
When IT sleuths entered Velu residences to conduct the search, Stalin had entered Thiruvannamalai to campaign for Velu and to seek the voters to elect him as their representative.