Overview
- Speaking at a CPI(M)-organised all-party rally in Chennai, M.K. Stalin urged the BJP-led Centre to press Israel to halt what he called a "genocide" in Gaza.
- He said the Tamil Nadu Assembly will take up on October 14 a resolution seeking an immediate ceasefire and requesting central action to end the war.
- The protest brought together leaders from DMK, Congress, CPI, VCK, MDMK, IUML, MMK and others under CPI(M) state secretary P. Shanmugam.
- CPI(M) reiterated demands that the Union government cancel agreements with Israel and bar Israeli firms from the AeroDefCon 2025 defence conclave.
- Organisers framed the appeal around a worsening humanitarian crisis, citing tens of thousands of deaths, mass displacement and restricted aid access in Gaza.