00:00Quickly, let's take you through the entire episode of what's happened.
00:03The Dharapuram bi-poll campaign turned deeply personal with DMK chief MK Stalin
00:08facing backlash over remarks targeting TVK candidate Satya Bama.
00:12TVK has moved the election commission, alleging the remarks crossed the line.
00:16Pramod Madhav brings you this report. Take a look.
00:26The battle for Dharapuram has taken a personal turn.
00:30What began as a fight for votes has now descended into a bitter war of words
00:35with a campaign spotlight turning from politics to a woman's appearance.
00:41In a new low in Tamil Nadu politics,
00:43ex-chief minister MK Stalin during campaigning body shame TVK candidate Satya Bama
00:51while speaking about her political switch,
00:54asking how she can somersault with her body.
01:16After the shocking body shaming by the DMK supremo,
01:20Tamil Nadu minister Adhav Arjuna has taken the battle to the election commission.
01:25Stalin yesterday, he attacked our candidate, Satya Bama Madam,
01:33to give a campaign body shaming, character assassinations.
01:38It's against the election model code.
01:41That's why we gave a complaint against David Munetakalagam, Mr. MK Stalin.
01:45Definitely the election commission will take action.
01:48Speaking exclusively to India today,
01:51TVK candidate Satya Bama condemned the remarks,
01:54saying the remarks were not just an attack on her,
01:57but an insult to women in politics.
02:03women in politics.
02:09activists are very important.
02:11They have a story for us.
02:20They live in the people's face.
02:26Many people say they are all Arab people.
02:35But Stalin's attack did not stop there.
02:38In an all-out attack on Chief Minister Vijaya, he mocked Vijaya's political image, calling
02:43him a hero on screen, but a villain in democracy.
03:11A bi-poll that should be about voters and their issues has now become a bitter battle of personal
03:18attacks and political accusations.
03:21With Pramod Madhav, Bureau Report, India Today.
