வாகனம் ஓட்டுபவர்கள் ஒரிஜினல் #DrivingLicense வைத்திருக்க வேண்டுமென்ற பிற்போக்குத்தனமான ‘துக்ளக் தர்பார்’ உத்தரவை உடனே திரும்பபெற வேண்டும்....

DMK working president M.K. Stalin demanded the immediate rollback of the controversial transport notification on September 1, 2017, which mandated that all drivers carry original driving licenses. Stalin described the directive as an irrational and authoritarian measure reminiscent of a medieval court decree, issued without considering everyday public convenience. He noted that the abrupt implementation of the rule triggered widespread confusion, traffic delays, and harassment across police checkpoints throughout the state.

Stalin emphasized that the central government had already clarified that digital records verified through designated electronic applications held statutory legal validity. Ignoring technological advances and subjecting millions of ordinary citizens to arbitrary police scrutiny demonstrated an acute lack of administrative maturity within the state cabinet. Commuters who inadvertently left their documents at home risked impoundment and penal proceedings, while systemic transport deficiencies remained neglected.

The DMK leader urged Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami to revoke the impractical mandate immediately to provide relief to working-class commuters. He affirmed that governance must facilitate citizen ease and safety rather than imposing bureaucratic burdens through heavy-handed executive decrees. Stalin reiterated that rational governance prioritizes practical civic convenience above arbitrary departmental coercion.