A leader of Dravida Munnetra Kazagam and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M Karunanidhi has threatened to go on a hunger strike after the Supreme Court deemed the Tamil Nadu bandh called by the DMK unconstitutional.A special bench of the Supreme Court had restrained the Tamil Nadu government from going ahead with the proposed bandh on Monday, October 1 in protest of the Ram Sethu controversy.
Karunanidhi said on Sunday (September 30), "I've spoken to all party leaders, we wil lgo on hunder strike from tomorrow. I canot comment on the Supreme Court."
Earlier, the Chennai High Court had also stayed the bandh following which the Tamil Nadu government had filed a petrition in the Supreme Court.
The DMK had opposed the stalling of the Sethu Samudram project after a political row broke out over the authenticity of the Ram Sethu, the bridge that was supposedly built by Lord Ram to cross over to Sri Lanka Lanka.
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