AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami along with party workers sit on hunger strike demanding a CBI inquiry into the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy and the resignation of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin over the "inefficiency of the DMK government".
AIADMK leader and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Edappadi Palaniswami and other senior leaders will also participate in the strike. The strike will start at 9 am and end at 5 pm.
Tamil Nadu LoP Edappadi Palaniswami and other AIADMK MLAs have been suspended for this entire assembly session after a resolution was passed on Wednesday in the Tamil Nadu Assembly to suspend AIADMK MLAs.
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.
AIADMK legislators staged a walkout from the Tamil Nadu Assembly in protest over the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy. Ruckus erupted in the House after AIADMK leaders demanded discussion on the Kallakurichi illicit liquor tragedy, flagged black clothes and raised slogans in the Assembly.
"When people don't have money, they go for cheap illicit liquor. People should understand that if they resort to such things, it will take away their lives and their families will suffer," Elangovan said.
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) on Saturday announced to boycott the Vikravandi Assembly constituency by-polls that are scheduled for July 10.