Overview

• The four-day sitting began Tuesday with a Thirukkural recital and tributes, including a two-minute silence for 41 victims of the Karur stampede.
• The Assembly adopted condolence resolutions for several leaders and passed a separate resolution honoring Valparai MLA D.K. Amul Kandasamy.
• Speaker M. Appavu presided and adjourned proceedings for the day, with sittings to start at 9:30 a.m. and open with Question Hour on subsequent days.
• Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu will present supplementary estimates on October 15, with debate on October 16 and the government’s reply on October 17.
• The Secretariat says arrangements are complete, and Opposition parties are expected to press issues including the Karur tragedy, price rise, and law-and-order.