அப்போது பொதுமக்கள் கடந்து மூன்று மாதங்களாகவே சரியாக பொருட்கள் ஏதும் வழங்கப்படவில்லை என்றும், மிகுந்த சிரமத்திற்கு உள்ளாவதாக புகார் அளித்தனர்

DMK working president M.K. Stalin engaged directly with local residents during his inspection of fair price shops on March 5, 2017, where citizens presented harrowing grievances detailing how essential food items and cooking supplies had not been distributed properly for the past three consecutive months. Women and elderly heads of households informed Stalin that vital items, including sugar, pulses, wheat, and kerosene, had completely vanished from neighborhood ration outlets, forcing them to purchase overpriced groceries from private retail markets.

Stalin witnessed firsthand the acute frustration and economic hardship endured by vulnerable families who rely entirely on subsidized food security programs to survive. He pointed out that depriving poor citizens of basic nutritional provisions amid rising inflation constitutes an unconscionable governance failure. The public distribution system represents the primary economic lifeline for daily wage workers, domestic laborers, and low-income pensioners, and its ongoing operational collapse exposed systemic corruption and administrative breakdown under the ruling regime.

The opposition leader assured the gathered citizens that the DMK will not remain silent while their legitimate entitlements are denied. He pledged immediate political and legislative intervention to restore equitable supply to fair price shops statewide.