Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday, October 10, 2023 told the Legislative Assembly that while there was an attempt to create the impression that the DMK had not done anything for the release of Muslim prisoners, a total of 335 life convicts including nine Muslim prisoners, had been released as of October 8, 2023.
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Replying to a calling attention motion moved by the main Opposition party, the AIADMK and other political parties including allies of the DMK, the Chief Minister said the DMK government had followed the legal course on the issue. He said he issued an order, on September 13, 2021, for the release of life prisoners on humanitarian grounds and goodwill on the occasion of the 113th birth anniversary of former Chief Minister C.N. Annadurai.
