Speaking to reporters after meeting the victims, the actor-turned-politician said they were "reckless" in drinking alcohol. He said the victims should understand that they have "crossed their limits and become careless" and the need of the hour is to restrain themselves.

"They have to be careful and take care of their health. I request the government to create psychiatric centers that will advise them to deal with this," the MNM chief said. , if at all."

Emphasizing on the ill effects of drinking alcohol, he said, "They (victims) need to understand that everything in excess is bad, be it sugar or alcohol. In particular, drinking and driving, drinking and driving. Going to the office is bad, and it may soon be." Make your way into the culture."

The spurious liquor tragedy recently unfolded in Karunapuram village, a Dalit-dominated area in Kallakurichi district of the state, where 56 people died after consuming spurious liquor, while over 200 were admitted to hospital. The incidents of deaths due to spurious liquor have also attracted the attention and anger of the courts. The Madras High Court on Saturday directed M.K. Took a dig at. The incident prompted the Stalin-led DMK government to demand a detailed report on the measures taken to curb the sale of illicit liquor in the state.

For those unaware, a similar tragedy had occurred in Velupuram district last year, in which 22 people lost their lives. Earlier, on Sunday morning, BJP MP Sambit Patra criticized the DMK and India Bloc for not addressing the issue and termed the incident as a "state sponsored murder". AIADMK chief K. Palaniswami, who is the leader of the opposition in the assembly, also criticized the state government's failure to contain the crisis and said the DMK "has not learned its lesson".