The fast is also to condemn ‘denial of permission’ to raise the issue in the state Assembly, according to the main opposition party.

In a statement, NHRC said it has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that several people lost their lives after “consuming spurious liquor” in Kallakurichi.

As soon as the House convened for the day, the AIADMK legislators, led by LoP Palaniswami raised slogans, seeking the chair’s nod to raise the Kallakurichi incident.

In Kallakurichi district, at least 20 more people died on Thursday, after consuming spurious liquor, taking the death toll to 33.