TMMK MLA Abdul Samath said the ongoing activities of AIADMK in the present Erode East bypoll indicated that AIADMK leaders were acting as per the dictate of the BJP. After campaigning for DMK front at Thiru Nagar colony, he told newsmen the warring factions of AIADMK united now to support Thennarasu only because of the advice of BJP. It proved the general impression that AIADMK leaders were functioning as per the wish of BJP. Many TMMK leaders attended the function.