AIADMK Hunger Strike Demands CBI Probe into Hooch Tragedy

AIADMK legislators led by their general secretary and Leader of Opposition Edappadi K. Palaniswami staged a hunger strike in Chennai on Thursday, June 27, 2024, protesting against the alleged failure of the DMK government in taking appropriate action over the deaths due to illicit liquor in Kallakurichi.
The AIADMK legislators also demanded an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the deaths due to consumption of hooch. Wearing black shirts at the protest venue near the Rajarathinam stadium in Chennai, they held placards which demanded Chief Minister M.K. Stalin’s resignation over the incident
Senior party functionaries K.P. Munusamy, Dindigul C. Sreenivasan, S.P. Velumani, K.A. Sengottaiyan, R.B. Udhayakumar, Pollachi V. Jayaraman, Agri S.S. Krishnamoorthy, S. Ravi, were among those who participated in the protest against the DMK government. Mr Palaniswami had on June 24 led a protest at Kallakurichi highlighting the DMK government’s “laxity” over the hooch tragedy.
Later in the day, DMDK general secretary Premallatha Vijayakant joined the hunger strike.
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