Police-public standoff distorted: Edappadi K Palaniswami
Mr. Palaniswami said the protesters turned violent and began to abuse' the police and push them down.
Chennai: The incident of a police DSP who had reportedly slapped a woman who was among a group of protesters demanding the closure of Tasmac outlet in Tirupur in April this year was distorted, Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami has claimed.
Refuting the charge leveled by the opposition legislator J. Anbalagan who questioned the rationale in promoting the DSP as Additional SP, in the Assembly on Thursday, Mr. Palaniswami said the protesters turned violent and began to ‘abuse’ the police and push them down. “The official had to chase them away,” the CM said and justified the promotion conferred upon the official.
Speaker, Stalin attend Assembly:
Speaker P. Dhanapal on Thursday resumed his responsibility of conducting the Tamil Nadu Assembly proceedings after he was discharged from hospital on Wednesday evening. Since the past two days, Deputy Speaker Pollachi Jayaraman has been conducting the proceedings of the House.
Opposition leader and DMK working president M. K. Stalin who had undergone a cataract surgery, too, turned up on Thursday after three days gap. In a rare show of bonhomie between arch rivals- the ruling AIADMK and opposition DMK, CM Edappadi K. Palaniswami and his cabinet colleagues enquired Stalin about his health. A visibly moved Stalin thanked the CM and the Ministers. Later, the CM, Ministers and Mr. Stalin enquired the Speaker about his health.