உணவு பாதுகாப்பு சட்டத்தில் கையெழுத்திட்டு சர்க்கரை விலையை ரூ13.50 லிருந்து 25 ரூபாயாக, குதிரை பேர அரசு உயர்த்தியிருப்பது கண்டனத்திற்குரியது...

DMK working president M.K. Stalin strongly criticized the ruling AIADMK government on October 28, 2017, for increasing the price of ration sugar from Rs 13.50 to Rs 25 per kilogram. Stalin asserted that the administration surrendered Tamil Nadu's traditional universal public distribution autonomy by unconditionally signing the National Food Security Act framework. He pointed out that this abrupt eighty-five percent escalation directly hit millions of poor families relying on subsidized food distribution across rural and urban settlements.

Stalin emphasized that previous Dravidian administrations consistently preserved universal rationing principles, insulating vulnerable populations from market fluctuations through dedicated state subsidies. In contrast, the incumbent regime abandoned long-standing fiscal protections to placate the central government. By shifting financial burdens onto underprivileged households, the government compromised food security and eroded grassroots social safety nets built over several decades.

The DMK leader demanded an immediate rollback of the price revision, urging the authorities to absorb the subsidy differential from state revenues. He asserted that essential sustenance commodities must remain affordable for every working citizen. Stalin pledged that the DMK would continue fighting relentlessly against administrative policies that undermined universal welfare entitlements.