Brawling breaks out in `Detroit of Asia` state legislature

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Known as the "Detroit of Asia", Tamil Nadu is India`s second-largest manufacturing state. One official was injured in the scuffle among lawmakers inside the Tamil Nadu state assembly and was taken out on a stretcher, TV networks said. NEW DELHI Lawmakers broke chairs and smashed microphones in a state legislature in southern India on Saturday as a weeks-long power struggle following the death of a regional politician intensified. The state of Tamil Nadu has been in turmoil since its leader, film star turned politician Jayaraman Jalalithaa, died on Dec. 6, 2016 without naming a successor. The power struggle in the state of more than 70 million that has attracted foreign automakers and consumer electronics firms, comes amid rising social unrest that has raised doubts over its attractiveness as a place to do business.