Sivasankar had promised to meet their demands and he went on to win the constituency and became the first-time minister in the state with the portfolio of Backward Classes Welfare. 

The team had met the Chief Minister on Sunday and donated Rs 10 lakh to the public relief fund to support the government's fight against the pandemic.

Recently, MK Stalin has reiterated the Tamil Nadu government's opposition to the project and said that the project poses an adversarial impact on the interests of the farmers in Tamil Nadu. 

The fresh phase pours more relaxations to the state, signalling it is swiftly returning to normalcy after battling the horrendous second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Chief Minister MK Stalin has on Tuesday sanctioned Rs 100 crore from the CMPRF to augment the health infrastructure and containment measures to tackle the third wave.

The statement from the minister has come two days after the state government has unveiled the evaluation criteria to award the marks for the Class 12 students. 

He requested the Chief Minister to enhance the standard of the school to that of the private schools by providing the facilities and infrastructure.

The applications were majorly from the people who hadn't won the ticket in the state assembly polls and people who had contested and lost in the assembly polls. 

The fresh phase of the lockdown extension will be coming into effect from Monday - June 28 and will be in place till July 5.

The session has begun with the Governor's customary speech during which the head of the state had emphasized state autonomy and federalism.