A day after the Tamil Nadu Chief of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Chief was hacked to death by a mob of unidentified men near his residence in Perambur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday expressed grief over the incident, terming it "deeply saddening".
Actor-turned-politician and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) Chief Thalapathy Vijay condemned the brutal killing of Tamil Nadu Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Chief Armstrong and offered his condolences to the family of the deceased leader on Saturday.
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BSP chief Mayawati has condemned the gruesome killing of Tamil Nadu state Bahujan Samaj Party president Armstrong, asking the Tamil Nadu government to "punish the guilty."
"Why has Rahul Gandhi not found the empathy to visit the families of innocent people who lost their lives in the Kallakurichi illicit liquor tragedy?... Neither Rahul Gandhi nor MK Stalin have consoled the families of these victims...," Kesavan said in a video statement on Friday.
After facing a defeat in the recent Parliament election, the NDA alliance in Tamil Nadu is keen to open their account in the state with the Vikravandi bypoll.
AIADMK leader Sellur Raju has slammed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin for not visiting Kallakurichi hooch tragedy victims and reiterated his party's demand for a CBI investigation into the incident.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has appealed to Union Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar for immediate and substantial action to uphold the traditional rights of Tamil Nadu fishermen.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin wrote a letter to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar over the recent detentions of fishermen from the state by Sri Lankan authorities and urged him to work for a "lasting solution" to the long-standing issue.
Regarding the matter of 10 Indian fishermen charged with death in Sri Lanka, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that India has always prioritised the welfare of these fishermen and is making efforts to bring them back home.
The Tamil Nadu Assembly unanimously passed the resolution against the National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET), urging the union government to scrap NEET and allow state governments to undertake medical admission in states on the basis of class 12 marks, which existed before the impl