Vijaykanth's son says BJP big on social media, not in Tamil Nadu rural areas

Prabhakaran said the rallies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah wouldn't even have a "one per cent impact" on the voters in Tamil Nadu.

Desiya Murpoku Dravida Kazhagam's (DMDK) Lok Sabha candidate from Virudhunagar in Tamil Nadu and son of actor Vijayakanth, Vijaya Prabhakaran, said the BJP was not strong in rural areas in the state.

Speaking exclusively to India Today TV, Prabhakaran said, "It is always a two-way fight between the DMK and the AIADMK in Tamil Nadu. The BJP may be big in debates on social media, but when you go down the roots, to rural areas in the state, the BJP is not that strong."

Prabhakaran said the rallies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah wouldn't even have a "one per cent impact" on the voters in Tamil Nadu.

"I am not being offensive to the BJP, but just speaking facts. People from metropolitan cities may support K Annamalai or Modi, but when you go down towards the south of Tamil Nadu, people don't support the BJP," he said.