As political temperatures rise in Tamil Nadu ahead of the Assembly elections, the Congress and the BJP on Friday engaged in a fresh round of poster warfare, using AI-generated images of Nirmala Sitharaman and Sonia Gandhi to target each other.
The Tamil Nadu Congress shared a poster depicting Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as a giant figure walking through a small village road, with people — and even animals such as cows and dogs — seen running for safety. The poster is titled ‘Thai Kelavi’ (grandmother).
Sitharaman is shown carrying what appears to be a goat on her shoulder, while a man in the poster says, “Run it’s coming towards us”.
Designed to resemble a movie poster, it also carries the line: “Direction – RSS” and “Lootus Productions.”
The BJP hit back with a similar poster featuring Sonia Gandhi portrayed as a massive figure holding a broom on a dusty road, alongside references to several alleged scams — from the 2G spectrum case to Bofors and the National Herald case.
BJP leader SG Suryah shared the image, criticising the Tamil Nadu Congress and claiming that Sonia Gandhi was the “OG Thai Kelavi”.
Tamil Nadu is set to vote in high-stakes Assembly elections before May this year.
