The Bharatiya Janata Party while speaking on the Kallakuruchi Hooch tragedy launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister MK Stalin-led DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) saying that it was not a tragedy but a state-sponsored murder.
Addressing the media, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said, ‘Today we are here to discuss news from Tamil Nadu, it is about a hooch tragedy, illicit liquor from Kallakurchi, a district of Tamil Nadu. When I came to hold this press conference and was checking the figures, the number of dead was 56. More than 56 people have died and many of them are critical, still about 200 people are admitted to the hospital’.
#WATCH | BJP MP Sambit Patra says "Today we are here to discuss news from Tamil Nadu, it is about a hooch tragedy, illicit liquor from Kallakurchi, a district of Tamil Nadu…When I came to hold this press conference and was checking the figures, the number of dead was 56. More… pic.twitter.com/ldHaFYjZM9
— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2024
Sambit questioned why all the INDI leaders are silent. He said, ‘This is such an important issue and I am surprised that Mallikarjun Kharge, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, DMK and all the people of the INDIA alliance are silent on this issue’.
He added, ‘If more than 32 Dalits are killed in this country, I would call it a murder, this is not death’. This comes as the toll in the Kallakurichi Hooch tragedy rose to 56 on Sunday afternoon as per the district’s administration report.
According to the District Collectorate, 216 patients were admitted to four hospitals across Tamil Nadu after consuming the illicit liquor.
In Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical and Research (Jipmer), Pondy, where 17 patients are alive, three have died. Meanwhile, in Vilupuram Medical College, while four people are alive, four have been declared dead.
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