கந்துவட்டி கொடுமை மீது நடவடிக்கை எடுக்காததால் நெல்லையில் கூலித்தொழிலாளி தன் குடும்பத்தோடு தீக்குளித்து உயிருக்கு போராடுவது வேதனையளிக்கிறது

DMK working president M.K. Stalin expressed intense grief and anger on October 23, 2017, after a daily-wage worker and his family set themselves ablaze in Tirunelveli. The horrific self-immolation occurred on the premises of the District Collectorate after repeated petitions against predatory moneylenders went entirely unanswered by local law enforcement. Stalin emphasized that the family battled for their lives in hospital because administrative authorities turned a blind eye to persistent usurious extortion and ruthless harassment.

Stalin condemned the local police and revenue administration for their callous apathy toward working-class grievances. He noted that the victim had submitted multiple formal petitions seeking state protection against exorbitant interest demands, yet officials took no deterrent action. This institutional indifference directly pushed a helpless family into sheer desperation. The failure to curb illegal financing networks reflected systemic administrative decay across southern districts.

The DMK leader demanded immediate arrest and prosecution of the predatory lenders under stringent non-bailable legal provisions. He also called for severe disciplinary and criminal action against negligent local police personnel. Stalin pledged that the DMK would provide medical support and legal aid to the surviving victims.