Taking a pot- shot at opposition parties, Palaniswami maintained that firing was inevitable as agitator turned violent against the police. Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh took the cognizance of the ground situation and asked state government to submit a report to the Central government
DMK working president MK Stalin, who was staging a protest against Thoothukudi clash slammed state government for not taking serious action against people responsible for the horrifying developments in Thoothukudi. He rapped Chief Minister EK Palaniswami for not visiting the ground zero even after the death of 13 people. He asked Palaniswami to step down by taking moral responsibility for yesterday’s violence. Later, he was detained by police administration.