Chennai, March 12 -- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday urged citizens not to "panic" amid the ongoing LPG shortage caused by the West Asia conflict.

In a post on X, Stalin stated that he had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the relevant Union Ministers regarding the issue. He added that the state government held a consultation meeting yesterday under the leadership of R Sakkarapani to discuss strategies for addressing the gas shortage.

"Due to the West Asian war situation, to address the crises that have currently arisen, in addition to holding a high-level consultation two days ago, I have written a letter to the Honorable Prime Minister and the relevant Union Ministers regarding the shortage of cooking gas cyl...