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AIADMK members led by party coordinator O Panneerselvam, staged a protest in Chennai's Valluvar Kottam area, against the hike in property tax announced by the Tamil Nadu Government. The DMK-led government, on April 3, announced a revision in the property tax rates, with an increase of up to 150%, reported ANI. The move which was reportedly aimed to increase funds for the local bodies, triggered agitation from the opposition. 

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Rajya Sabha MP from Tamil Nadu NR Elangovan's son Rakesh (22) died in a road accident on March 10. MP’s son Rakesh was traveling from Puducherry to Chennai along with one more passenger. The car crashed into a road divider injuring the passenger and killing Rakesh on the spot. Notably, in 2020, NR Elangovan a former advocate became a Rajya Sabha member.

Members of DMK, the ruling party of Tamil Nadu, walked out of Rajya Sabha session over Tamil Nadu Governor's decision to return the NEET exemption bill, on February 4. PTI reported that DMK members insisted on raising the NEET issue during the Zero Hour, for which chairman Venkaiah Naidu did not agree. After the incident, Naidu said, "if the others had cooperated," the issue would have been taken up.

As per reports, Tamil Nadu State Government has announced Tambaram as a municipal corporation. The announcement came after the approval of Governor RN Ravi on the matter. Furthermore, Tambaram Municipal Corporation has been formed by merging 10 adjacent urban local bodies. Also, an Ordinance was released by the state government to the media. Notably, Tambaram is the 20th Municipal Corporation in the state of Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK party announced that Tamil Nadu Formation Day will be celebrated on July 18, instead of November 1. While the previous ruling party AIADMK had announced that November 1 would be called Tamil Day. However, Tamil scholars, activists, and associations always confessed that November 1 should be celebrated as a special day, in order to signify the cause of the border struggle.