The DMK on Sunday announced it will hold a hunger strike on February 22 in all district offices of the party across Tamil Nadu to protest what it termed as the “illegal” trust vote moved by chief minister Edapaddi K Palaniswami. The decision was taken after DMK MLAs met at their headquarters. “Sans participation of the opposition in the state assembly, the trust vote moved by the chief minister was passed. Earlier on Sunday, DMK working president MK Stalin held a special meeting with party MLAs at the DMK headquarters. Opposition DMK leaders led by working president MK Stalin (sitting, centre) during their protest in Chennai on Saturday.

Source: Hindustan Times February 19, 2017 10:18 UTC