பேரணி சென்ற பொதுமக்களை மனிதாபிமானமின்றி சுட்டுக்கொன்றுள்ள அரசை வன்மையாக கண்டிக்கிறேன்.போராடுவோரை அமைதிப்படுத்தாமல், அலட்சியமாக கண்ணீர் புகை...

DMK working president M.K. Stalin issued an immediate and stern condemnation on May 22, 2018, following the deadly police firing on anti-Sterlite rally participants in Thoothukudi. Stalin described the state's recourse to live bullets as an inhumane atrocity and a monumental administrative blunder by the AIADMK regime. Instead of de-escalating tensions through constructive dialogue, authorities treated citizens with callous contempt, assuming tear gas and assault rifles were sufficient to suppress public dissent.

Stalin observed that thousands of men, women, and students had gathered to mark the hundredth day of demonstrations against the polluting copper smelter. He questioned why district administrators and intelligence officials failed to engage with community leaders to ensure an orderly rally. By permitting armed police units to confront marchers without adequate crowd-control buffers, the government turned a peaceful civic movement into a tragic scene of carnage.

Holding Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami directly responsible for the administrative collapse, Stalin demanded immediate suspension of senior police officers and an independent judicial probe. He asserted that a government that shoots its own citizens forfeits the authority to govern. Stalin pledged that the DMK will lead democratic agitations until the victims secure justice.