What motivated Vetrivel to release the visuals of Jayalalithaa in hospital, and why now?
While the political opponents and detractors of TTV Dhinakaran – whose camp Vetrivel belongs to – have tied the release of the visuals to the RK Nagar bypoll, Vetrivel has claimed he was overcome by emotion by the “tarnishing of Amma’s image.”
In a press conference, Vetrivel said that Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami and his deputy O Panneerselvam deployed “cheap tactics” in their campaign at RK Nagar.
So what exactly were these “cheap tactics”? Apparently, the disqualified MLA was triggered by two posters used during the campaigning.
The first depicts a healthy Jayalalithaa smiling on a campaign trail, juxtaposed with an image of her dead body, in a before/after comparison.