The AIADMK party in Tamil Nadu staged a hunger strike in Chennai, demanding a CBI probe into the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy that claimed 63 lives. They also called for the dismissal of the DMK government and accused them of supporting illicit liquor trade. The strike saw participation from senior leaders including Edappadi Palaniswami and D Jayakumar. Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu Assembly suspended AIADMK members for disrupting the proceedings.
Members of the AIADMK were evicted from the Tamil Nadu Assembly after attempting to raise the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy during Question Hour. The eviction was later revoked, and the AIADMK MLAs returned to the Assembly wearing black shirts as a mark of protest.
Three accused in the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy in Tamil Nadu have been sent to 15-day judicial custody. Meanwhile, AIADMK MLAs staged a protest at the State Assembly in Chennai, wearing black clothes to commemorate the victims of the tragedy. The protest led to chaos both inside and outside the Assembly.
As of 11 am, the NDA and INDIA coalitions are neck-and-neck in the 11 major South Indian cities, each leading in 5 seats, while parties outside the alliances are leading in one seat. This is an improvement for the NDA, which gained one seat compared to 2019, while the INDIA coalition remains unchanged. The BJP and Congress are the leading parties, while the AIADMK has gained ground in Chennai. The Hyderabad and Thiruvananthapuram constituencies are seeing close contests between the NDA and INDIA coalitions, while the NDA leads in Secunderabad and the INDIA coalition leads in Ernakulam. Visakhapatnam is led by the Telugu Desam Party of the NDA coalition.
The first phase of the Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu witnessed a voter turnout of 69.72% across all 39 constituencies, with the main competition being between the INDIA alliance led by DMK, the AIADMK-led alliance, and the BJP-led NDA. The AIADMK alliance includes AIADMK contesting 32 seats and DMDK contesting 5 seats, while the NDA comprises BJP contesting 19 seats and PMK contesting 10 seats. Other parties contesting in all 39 constituencies include NTK and BSP.
