There was mild tension at Srirangam after a clash erupted between AIADMK and Bharatiya Janata Party functionaries on Sunday.

Condemning the attack on their party members and demanding the eviction of AIADMK “outsiders”, BJP functionaries resorted to a road roko at Srirangam for nearly an hour.

The clash broke out in Veereswaram area where BJP candidate M. Subramaniam was campaigning along with his party cadre and those of the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK).

A group of AIADMK functionaries was also campaigning on the same street when things suddenly went out of control, sources said. The AIADMK men apparently showed victory signs to BJP functionaries asking them to vote for their party.

The BJP men, on their part, showed the “Lotus” symbol asking the AIADMK men to cast votes for their party. A wordy quarrel erupted between the cadre of both parties leading to a clash, police sources said.

Stones were hurled triggering more tension in the area and in the melee some AIADMK functionaries allegedly assaulted a few BJP members.

BJP members said that some of their cadre sustained minor injury and claimed that most of the AIADMK men found at the spot were “outsiders.”

Angry BJP functionaries resorted to a road roko on the Amma Mandapam road near the Rajagopuram.

BJP candidate Subramaniam, DMDK city secretary A. R. Vijayarajan and cadre of both parties raised slogans during the road rook.

A heavy posse of police personnel was deployed and barricades installed on the busy thoroughfare. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Saroj Kumar Thakur and senior police officers held talks with the BJP cadre who later dispersed.