Party President Dr K Krishnasamy told reporters that the PT would hold state-wide demonstrations on February 6 in all districts in Tamil Nadu to press for this demand.
The PT president earlier visited drought hit villages in Tirunelveli and Tuticorin districts.
Dr Krishnaswamy claimed the present drought was the worst in over a century. The quantum of compensation announced by the state to families of those who had lost their breadwinners was just three lakh and relief amount ranged from minimum of Rs 5000 to maximum of Rs 30,000 depending pon whether the crops were rain fed or irrigated ones.