மாநில வரியை மாநில திட்டங்களுக்கே பயன்படுத்த வேண்டுமென்ற தீரன் சின்னமலை அவர்களின் 212வது நினைவுநாளையொட்டி மாலை அணிவித்து மரியாதை செலுத்தினேன்...

DMK working president M.K. Stalin paid glowing floral tributes to celebrated freedom fighter Dheeran Chinnamalai on his 212th memorial day in Chennai on August 3, 2017. Garlanding the portrait and memorial of the legendary Kongu chieftain, Stalin recalled Chinnamalai's valiant armed resistance against British colonial dominance in the late eighteenth century. The revolutionary leader refused to pay unjust colonial tributes, insisting that revenues collected from local lands must be utilized exclusively for the welfare and empowerment of native citizens.

Stalin underscored that Chinnamalai's historic defiance embodied the foundational ethos of regional self-respect, fiscal sovereignty, and resistance to distant imperial hegemony. In contemporary politics, where centralizing tendencies threaten state fiscal autonomy and regional rights, the inspiring legacy of Dheeran Chinnamalai serves as an enduring guiding light for federal struggles. Upholding his memory means safeguarding state revenues and ensuring that local wealth empowers the people of Tamil Nadu.

The DMK leader urged the younger generation to draw deep inspiration from Chinnamalai's selfless courage, patriotism, and social egalitarianism. Stalin reaffirmed DMK's resolve to defend federal democracy, state fiscal rights, and Tamil cultural pride against all centralizing pressures.