Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam’s proposed visit to Thoothukudi on Monday, six days after the police firing on anti-Sterlite protesters, is nothing but a farcical drama, DMK working president M.K. Stalin said here on Sunday.
Addressing mediapersons, he said even though the Chief Minister failed to visit the riot-hit town, the Deputy Chief Minister, who hailed from southern Tamil Nadu and had occupied the Chief Minister’s chair in the past, should have visited Thoothukudi soon after the violence. “The Assembly session is commencing on Tuesday. When we raise questions and criticise the government over the [police] firing, they need to have something to say, which is why they are now planning visits by the Deputy CM and other Ministers,” he alleged.