Chennai: The symbols allotted to V. K. Sasikala and O. Panneerselvam camps of the AIADMK are trending hash tags and topic on social media. IT wings of both factions have hired professionals to take a dig at each other's new-found symbol.
Memes ridiculing both “electric pole” and “hat” have flooded the internet, thanks to tireless “imagination” from both sides which have taken the battle in the RK Nagar Assembly constituency to an interestingly new high and hilarious too. The Election Commission froze AIADMK's Two Leaves symbol and asked the contestants to go with new ones — hat (thoppi in Tamil) for Sasikala group's candidate T.T.V. Dhinakaran and electric pole for E. Madhusudhanan, the candidate from Panneerselvam's team.
“Why have a hat when there is no head?” a meme asks and another retorts, “Party without power has electricity pole (as symbol).” The meme generators appear to get into work immediately. The hat especially seems to have caught their fancy, given that there is interesting comic episodes in several Tamil films. Social media users were quick to compare the scene from Dhanush's Velaiyilla Pattadhari which has Dhanush and his supporters speaking to the media with TTV and group.
They have not spared even the BJP candidate - popular music director Gangai Amaran. He is seen asking for a chair in the Tamil Nadu Assembly. “There is cure in initial stages,” comes the reply!
Slang or hackneyed expressions are freely used to ridicule each other and those claiming to be neutral don't appear to spare any political leader. From the “thoppi” of comedian Vadivelu or Senthil to superstar Rajni's “thoppi, thoppi” comment with a cynical laughter, 'hat' has hogged the attention. “Can the police drafted for poll work in R. K. Nagar constituency, wear hat?” asks another meme.
