Condemning the sale of liquor through TASMAC’s retail outlets even as people faced threat to their life in the wake of a pandemic, Opposition parties staged demonstrations in several southern districts on Thursday.
A group of Congress functionaries, including former Union Minister R. Dhanushkodi Athithan and Tirunelveli city district president Sankarapandian staged a protest at Jothipuram in Palayamkottai.
Led by their Tirunelveli district secretary K.G. Bhaskaran, CPI(M) cadre staged a demonstration on the party office premises on Reddiyarpatti Road near Government College of Engineering.
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Hindu Makkal Katchi cadre staged a demonstration near a liquor shop opposite Nehru Open Auditorium. Police arrested 13 protesters.
DMK cadre wearing black staged demonstrations in Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Tenkasi and Kanniyakumari districts.