Chennai, Jan. 3 -- The Congress on Friday skipped an event of the Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) led by the ruling DMK to inaugurate ally Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) chief Vaiko's campaign after the invite featured a photo of Velupillai Prabhakaran, the late former chief of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which assassinated former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

Tamil Nadu Congress chief K Selvaperunthagai had earlier announced that the party would not take part in the event as the invitation allegedly carried a photograph of the slain LTTE leader V Prabhakaran.

He maintained that their alliance with the DMK is intact.

Congress leaders said that seven local functionaries did not participate due to this r...