The Tamil Nadu government's decision to pull out internet connections in three districts surrounding the Tuticorin area has earned criticism from all quarters. The journalists who are on the spot to cover day before yesterday's controversial deaths of eleven people due to police firing are without food and water due to the tense situation there.

The Makkal Neethi Maiam president Kamal Haasan who visited the wounded in the hospital yesterday on hearing about the internet blackout has lashed "Internet connection cut in Thooththukkudi? Alarming! What next? excommunicate Tamilnadu? TN would see an uprising,much bigger than any, in its history. No Government is strong enough to take on the might of my people."

தூத்துக்குடியில் இணையம் துண்டிப்பா?அடுத்து என்ன தமிழர்களை சாதி விலக்கிவைப்பீர்களா?சரித்திரம் காணாத புரட்சி வெடிக்கும்.மக்களின் வலிமையை எதிர் கொள்ளும் பலம் எந்த அரசுக்கும் இல்லை.அதுவும் இந்த அரசுக்கு இல்லவே இல்லை!

— Kamal Haasan (@ikamalhaasan) May 23, 2018