Stalin on Monday urged Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami to follow directions issued by the three-member bench of the Supreme Court on tackling COVID-19 and save the people of Tamil Nadu from the pandemic. In a statement in Chennai, he alleged that the Chief Minister had thrown up his hands and “left the responsibility [of tackling COVID-19] to God”. Mr. Palaniswami should now follow the order of the Supreme Court, he added. The DMK leader alleged that as the disease was spreading, the Chief Minister was neither ready to take action on his own nor was he prepared to hold an all-party meeting. He should follow the Supreme Court direction at least now,” he said.

Source: The Hindu June 22, 2020 18:48 UTC