DMK attends TN assembly session after 3-day protest over Thoothukudi firing

The party is expected to raise several issues including the Thoothukkudi police firing, water shortage and delay in local body elections

After staying away from the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly session last week seeking a stronger decision from the state government on Sterlite Copper smelting plant, the main opposition party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finally attended the Assembly session on Monday. The party is expected to raise the issue of police firing in Thoothukudi in the Assembly.

The DMK has previously also raised the demand that the cabinet should meet and decide on the closure of Vedanta's smelting plant in Thoothukkudi, that witnessed a massive anti-Sterlite protest by locals and non-governmental organisations. Police firing two weeks back in order to quell