BJP gets a boost in Tamil Nadu with PMK, DMDK joining for tie-up

Meanwhile, his party allotted Chidambaram (SC) constituency to VCK, which seemed to have not gone down well with the Dalit party as a party activist allegedly try to set himself ablaze upset over the allotment of only one seat.  

Karunanidhi flayed the attempt, saying it bordered on madness.

In the midst of the political churning in the state capital, Jayalalithaa launched the third of her election rallies in Nagapattinam, slamming Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his handshake with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Myanmar instead of sending a ‘stern' message to stop continuing arrests of fishermen from the state.