AIADMK's functionaries to meet in Chennai on June 24, 25
Meanwhile, in a separate statement, the Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) founder T.T.V. Dhinakaran pulled up the DMK government for, what he called, its apathetic approach towards those who had recruited persons for extremist organisations. He referred to the arrest of two persons by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Coimbatore. He also criticised the government for the reported crash of ceiling of an office of the panchayat union office in Thiruvidaimaruthur, Thanjavur district.
Separately, the ADMK Workers' Rights Retrieval Committee coordinator, O. Panneerselvam, demanded the payment of ₹ 25,000 per acre to mango-growing farmers, who were affected by mismatch in the demand-supply situation.
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