Chennai, Sept. 25 -- The political war of words intensified in Tamil Nadu ahead of the Madurantakam Assembly bypoll, with AIADMK National Spokesperson Kovai Sathyan on Friday hitting back at Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief and Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay over his remarks targeting their parties during his campaign.

Reacting to Vijay's speech ahead of the Madurantakam Assembly bypoll on October 6, Kovai Sathyan alleged that the TVK chief's own candidate, who had earlier left the AIADMK, was facing rejection from voters.

Speaking to ANI, Sathyan said, "In today's CM Vijay's speech, it was evident that his candidate, who was poached and horse-traded from AIADMK, is being chased away... This imaginary narrative of the AIADMK-DMK alli...