Tamil Nadu hooch tragedy: Toll rises to 48, AIADMK removed from Assembly over calls for discussion
More than 100 others were being treated after drinking spurious liquor in Kallakurichi district.
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Legislators from the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam were on Friday evicted from the Tamil Nadu Assembly over demands for a discussion on the death of 48 persons since Tuesday due to drinking spurious liquor in the Kallakurichi district, the Deccan Herald reported.
The toll increased to 48 on Thursday night after nine more persons lost their lives, The Hindu reported. Over 100 others were undergoing treatment at different hospitals.
The spurious liquor was purchased from a local vendor in the Karunapuram area of Kallakurichi town. After consuming the liquor, the patients complained of severe dizziness, headache, nausea, stomach pain, and eye irritation.
On Friday, MLAs of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam led by Opposition leader Edappadi K Palaniswami demanded that the Question Hour be suspended and a discussion be held on the tragedy, the Deccan Herald reported.
Party MLAs, wearing black clothes, held placards and shouted slogans in the Assembly, and demanded the resignation of Chief Minister MK Stalin.
Speaker M Appavu told Palaniswami that he could raise the issue after the Question Hour. However, the Opposition leaders continued to chant slogans. At one point, party legislators crowded around the speaker’s chair and began to protest, The Hindu reported.
Appavu then ordered the removal of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MLAs from the Assembly. They were later allowed to re-enter the session....
