AIADMK holds statewide protest against power tariff hike in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu’s main Opposition party AIADMK on Friday staged a state-wide agitation against the increase in power tariff by the ruling DMK government. AIADMK functionaries, including former ministers and MLAs, staged a protest in their respective zones and raised slogans urging the state government to roll back the hike.

In Chengalpattu district, the protest was led by Leader of Opposition and AIADMK’s interim general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami. In his address, Edappadi called Chief Minister M K Stalin a ‘vasool mannan’ (collection king) and said the people of the state have not benefited in any manner in the 15-month rule of DMK.