According to a report by NDTV,  many AIADMK party members in the former TN CM J.Jayalalithaa’s RK Nagar constituency have shown a sign of dissent towards new party general secretary Sasikala Natarajan from contesting in the North Chennai constituency. This comes after AIADMK lawmaker P Vetrivel, who earlier contested in the same constituency, appealed to Sasikala to fight from the seat Jayalalithaa represented while paying tributes through a silent rally on the 30th day after her death.