Chennai: The AIADMK has lodged a complaint with the Chief Electoral Officer here, alleging cash distribution by the DMK during the poll campaign of party candidate Kanimozhi in Thoothukudi.
The opposition DMK however refuting the charge, said what the AIADMK had submitted was “an old video” clip shot long ago during a gram sabha meeting conducted by the DMK.
In his complaint with CEO Stayabrata Sahoo, AIADMK's election wing deputy secretary and MLA I S Inbadurai, on Tuesday alleged that a video clip showing distribution of cash by a DMK leader during the campaign trail of Kanimozhi has “gone viral.”
The clip, which was made available to the media, ran for 41 seconds and shows Kanimozhi accepting the greetings of people. The video shows a leader standing next to her purportedly distributing cash to women who performed 'aarti' to her.
When reporters pointed out that it was an “old video” clip, Inbadurai claimed that it had gone viral recently.
