DMK allies including the Congress in Tamil Nadu on Thursday urged the state government to reach out to the main Opposition party to end its boycott of the ongoing Assembly session, while the ruling AIADMK put the ball in its archrival's court. However, the ruling AIADMK turned down the opposition plea, with Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam taking the lead. "The Chief Minister (K Palaniswami) gave complete details on the Sterlite issue (on May 29). Later, he led his party colleagues in staging a walkout, raising slogans in support of the resignation of the chief minister. Recalling the chain of events on May 29, Palaniswami told the DMK allies they were aware of what happened that day, and pointed out that the main opposition party MLAs were not evicted.

Source: dna May 31, 2018 12:23 UTC