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The 2026 Assembly predetermination is simply a conflict that volition vanquish governmental forces seeking to destruct Tamil civilization and those acting arsenic their “slaves”. And it volition beryllium an Arya-Dravidian battleground, DMK president and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin said connected Sunday (January 25, 2026).
He was speaking astatine an lawsuit organised by the DMK to people the Linguistic Martyrs’ Memorial Day at Kancheepuram, the birthplace of enactment founder C.N. Annadurai. Mr. Stalin said that lone the DMK had the spine and courageousness to question the BJP-led government (at the Centre) that helium accused of betraying the interests of Tamil Nadu.
“How volition cowards who tally distant and fell astatine the specified notation of the CBI and the ED support the interests of Tamil Nadu? If you deliberation you tin intimidate the DMK with the assistance of probe agencies functioning arsenic mercenaries of the BJP, the enactment volition look them with the enactment of the people. We volition not bend. We volition proceed the 2,000-year-old conflict to prevention Tamil soil, language, and pride,” helium said.
Reacting to AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami’s remarks that the ‘Rising Sun’, the DMK’s symbol, disappeared the infinitesimal Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed successful Tamil Nadu, helium quipped that Mr. Palaniswami, who was ever “watching the feet” — referring to his enactment of prostrating before Sasikala in 2017 — could not spot the Sun. “At slightest rise your caput once. You tin spot the beingness and powerfulness of the Sun,” helium said.
The DMK leader said the imposition of Hindi was not the specified imposition of a language, but a taste invasion. “How galore languages person fallen prey to the dominance of Hindi? Tamil Nadu achieved maturation due to the fact that it promoted English alternatively of Hindi. When I said this past year, I received a bully effect crossed the country. Many radical shared however their languages were destroyed by Hindi,” helium said.
Claiming that “Delhi tries to invade Tamil Nadu clip and again”, Mr. Stalin asked, “Is determination an penetration we person not seen?” “Even if you effort to invade innumerable times, on with betrayers, slaves and clowns, you cannot overwhelm Tamil Nadu. Let maine accidental this firmly: the ‘double engine’ that fooled the radical of northbound India and destroyed their livelihoods volition not tally successful Tamil Nadu,” helium said, successful notation to the Prime Minister’s telephone for establishing the NDA’s ‘double-engine’ authorities successful Tamil Nadu.
Mr. Stalin said the BJP, without learning immoderate acquisition from its decision successful the 2021 election, continued to thrust piggyback connected its “slave” AIADMK. “The Prime Minister has come. You tin expect him to beryllium present much often, arsenic the predetermination is circular the corner,” helium said, alleging that Mr. Modi had made lone bare promises and the radical of Tamil Nadu were bushed of listening to him.
The Chief Minister said Mr. Modi had made “imaginative” claims astir elections. “Mr. Prime Minister, bash you retrieve the Lok Sabha election? You were not capable to triumph a azygous seat. How galore times did you travel present to campaign? Yet, the radical gave you a full decision arsenic the prize,” helium said.
Responding to Mr. Modi’s allegation that Tamil Nadu was facing a cause menace, Mr. Stalin said that according to Union authorities data, drugs worthy ₹11,311 crore, smuggled done ports, had been seized, and astir of the seizures had taken spot astatine ports successful Gujarat and Maharashtra. “Who is ruling these States? The ‘double engine’ — known arsenic the ‘dabba engine’ — runs there. Preventing cause trafficking is the work of the Prime Minister and the Home Minister; it is not Stalin’s duty. Is it just to rise this contented at Madurantakam instead of successful Maharashtra,” helium asked.
