Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi also took to X and said that under the BJP rule, the entire education system has been handed over to the mafia and the corrupt.
As per the information shared by the District Collectorate, Kallakurichi, there were a total of 216 patients admitted to four hospitals in Tamil Nadu after consuming illicit liquor.
Tamil Nadu BJP State Secretary SG Suryah on Saturday targeted Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin's DMK government over the Kallakurichi Hooch tragedy, stating that the state government should do more than just give Rs 10 lakh to the families of the victims.
Tamil Nadu minister S Regupathy on Saturday said that the Opposition headed by AIADMK leader Edappadi Palaniswami, in the Assembly, wants to politicise the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy which has claimed 53 lives so far.
Tamil Nadu Health Minister Subramaniam Ma met with the Kallakurichi hooch victims at the Salem Government Medical College and Hospital and inquired about the treatment being provided to them on Friday.
DC Pradeep Kumar spoke with the people and made them aware of the harmful effects of the illicit liquor. He also made the local residents take an oath that they would not consume illicit liquor.
The second day of the Tamil Nadu Assembly Session began in Chennai on Friday with a ruckus as AIADMK legislators sporting black clothes raised slogans inside the House over the hooch tragedy in Kallakurichi.
After the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy claimed the lives of 34 people, VK Sasikala, a close aide of Tamil Nadu's former CM Jayalalithaa, launched a scathing attack on the state government and said that the government should take responsibility for the deaths. Sasikala's remarks came after she