DMK allies meet Stalin to press for law against honour killings

The renewed push for the law comes in the wake of the recent gruesome murder of a Dalit IT professional

- Statesman News Service

With Tamil Nadu witnessing a spurt in honour killings across the state, alliance parties of the ruling DMK on Wednesday have made a strong push to press the Stalin government to enact a special law to curb this menace.

While Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) president Thol Thirumavalavan, MP, CPI-M state secretary P Shanmugam and his CPI counterpart R Mutharasan, jointly called on Chief Minister MK Stalin and submitted a memorandum, the Congress staged a token one-day fast at the party headquarters, Satyamurti Bhavan.

Even though enacting a special statute against honour killing was a poll pledge of the DMK, the Stalin government had not made any step in honouring that assurance in the last four years. The principal opposition AIADMK is silent on this.