Accusing the state government of protecting the perpetrators in the spurious liquor case, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Anil Antony claimed on Friday that there is an unholy nexus between the Tamil Nadu government and the liquor mafias.
The NDA delegation comprising BJP leaders Anil Antony, Arvind Menon, and MP GK Vasan today met with the National Commission for Scheduled Castes Chairman, Kishore Makwana, to submit a memorandum regarding the Kallakurichi (Tamil Nadu) illicit liquor tragedy. They appealed to the Chairman
A total of 13 people including three kids and two men, have been killed in a road accident on Friday as the vehicle carrying the family member rammed into a lorry in Karnataka's Haveri district.
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.
National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) Chairman Kishor Makwana, on Wednesday, met the families of hooch tragedy victims in the Karunapuram area as the death toll increased to 63 and criticised the Tamil Nadu government for not taking action against the manufacture and sale of illici
The NCW had earlier taken suo motu cognizance of a media report on the deaths of people in the incident and constituted a three-member inquiry committee, led by NCW Member Khushbu Sundar, to look into the matter.
"NCW inquiry committee led by Member Khushbu Sunder in Tamil Nadu, Kallakurichi met the officials today at the local Police station and District Social Welfare officers. FIR and interim reports were collected," the NCW said in a post on 'X'.