போராடிய மக்களை வன்முறையாளர்களாக முதலமைச்சர் அறிக்கையில் சித்தரிப்பதும், துப்பாக்கிச் சூடு செய்திகளை வெளியிடக் கூடாது என அரசே ஊடகத்தினரை...

DMK working president M.K. Stalin voiced strong indignation on May 22, 2018, against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami for issuing an official statement portraying anti-Sterlite demonstrators as violent rioters to rationalize lethal police gunfire. Stalin condemned the state administration for attempting to malign ordinary citizens who had peacefully petitioned for their ecological survival over a hundred days, calling the government's characterization a cowardly attempt to blame victims for executive brutality.

Stalin further attacked the administration for issuing coercive advisories and informal gag orders to television news channels, warning them against broadcasting footage and reports of the police shootings in Thoothukudi. He characterized the censorship as an authoritarian assault on freedom of the press and constitutional free speech. The DMK leader argued that suppressing real-time information was designed to hide administrative atrocities from the nation.

Demanding an immediate end to media intimidation, Stalin called upon journalistic organizations to resist state censorship and report ground realities fearlessly. He asserted that democracy cannot survive when rulers muzzle the press to cover up civilian deaths. Stalin reiterated that the DMK will fiercely champion press freedom and public transparency across Tamil Nadu.