"Please Campaign": On Social Media, DMK Candidates' Mock Appeal To PM

The series of similarly-worded tweets by the candidates comes on a day the Prime Minister is campaigning in southern Tamil Nadu.

Several candidates of MK Stalin's DMK have taken to Twitter, sarcastically urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to campaign for their rivals from the BJP or the AIADMK in their constituencies for the upcoming Tamil Nadu election as they believe this will help them 'widen their winning margin'.  The series of similarly-worded tweets by the candidates comes on a day the Prime Minister is campaigning in southern Tamil Nadu for the BJP and is ally, the AIADMK. Dear Prime Minister @narendramodi, please campaign in Cumbum constituency. I'm the DMK candidate here and it will help me in widening my winning margin.Thank you sir.@narendramodi@arivalayam@BJP4TamilNadu Dear Prime Minister @narendramodi, please campaign in Thiruvannamalai. I am the DMK candidate here and it will help me in widening my winning margin. Thank you sir. Cumbum N Ramakrishna, a DMK candidate from Cumbum, tweeted, "Dear Prime Minister @narendramodi, please campaign in Cumbum constituency. I'm the DMK candidate here and it will help me in widening my winning margin. Thank you sir." Similarly, senior DMK leader and five-time MLA EV Velu, whose properties were searched last week by Income tax officials while Mr Stalin was campiging for him, too put out a tweet urging PM Modi to campoaign for him in Thiruvannamalai.