All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi president R. Sarathkumar met Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Sunday and sought the withdrawal of cases filed against the residents of Thoothukudi in relation to the violence during an anti-Sterlite protest on May 22.
“The government should also take steps to ensure that normalcy returns to the district, and the people, who are living in fear of a reprisal by the police, should be able to return to their normal lives,” Mr. Sarathkumar told the CM, according to a statement.