Chennai: Opposition party AIADMK will hold statewide protests on June 24 and demand that Chief Minister MK Stalin step down taking moral responsibility for the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy, the party said on Thursday.
The protest, which will be held in all district headquarters, will condemn the ruling DMK for failing to stop the sale of illegal arrack in the state.
"A massive protest will be organized on June 24 at 10 am, demanding that Chief Minister MK Stalin take moral responsibility for the Kallakurichi hooch incident in which several people died," AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami said in a statement here. "Life is lost." And resign.
The former chief minister alleged that around 200 people from Karunapuram area had consumed illegal arrack.
Palaniswami said the protests were also being held to motivate the state government to take appropriate steps to stop the hooch tragedy in Tamil Nadu and urged his party workers to participate in the agitation in large numbers.
The protest, which will be held in all district headquarters, will condemn the ruling DMK for failing to stop the sale of illegal arrack in the state.
"A massive protest will be organized on June 24 at 10 am, demanding that Chief Minister MK Stalin take moral responsibility for the Kallakurichi hooch incident in which several people died," AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami said in a statement here. "Life is lost." And resign.
The former chief minister alleged that around 200 people from Karunapuram area had consumed illegal arrack.
Palaniswami said the protests were also being held to motivate the state government to take appropriate steps to stop the hooch tragedy in Tamil Nadu and urged his party workers to participate in the agitation in large numbers.
