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.
Kallakurichi Superintendent of Police, Rajat Chaturvedi, said that raids are going on in the state over the incident and the police will give a press note soon.
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.
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.
Tamil Nadu Health Minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader Subramanian Ma on Friday met the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy victims at Government Medical College and Hospital and announced 10 lakhs for those who lost their lives.
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.
Tamil actor Suriya Sivakumar expressed his condolences over the death of at least 47 people after consuming illicit liquor in the Kallakurichi district of the State.