The DMK has expressed fear of violence ahead of AIADMK leader Jayalalithaa’s rally scheduled to be held today in Madurai even as they expect that AIADMK goons might storm the city with arms and indulge in violence.

A top AIADMK leader rubbishing the charge alleged on Sunday that about 500 men were planning to infiltrate into the crowd of AIADMK supporters on Monday to create trouble. They said that trouble-makers draped in dhoties with borders in AIADMK colours black, white and red were planning to go across Madurai and indulge in violence to tarnish the party’s image.

Some AIADMK functionaries also expressed fear that the police would play into the hands of the DMK in a bid to prevent supporters reaching the venue.

Some party men and locals fear and are confused as to what the ruling party men in Madurai were up to as the rally is seen more as a challenge to Union Chemical Minister M. K. Alagiri’s supremacy here.

Some AIADMK functionaries fear that the police might divert vehicles carrying participants for the rally at several entry points leading into Madurai city to make sure that they never reach the venue.