FCRA Amendment Bill an attack on religious freedom, social activism: T.N. CM Stalin in Nagercoil

DMK president and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin connected Saturday (April 4, 2026) criticised the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) Amendment Bill, terming it a terrible onslaught connected spiritual state and connected radical committed to societal service.

While addressing an predetermination run successful Nagercoil, helium said, “As elections attack successful States similar Keralam and Assam, wherever determination is simply a ample Christian colonisation and galore churches, the BJP authorities has somewhat stepped backmost retired of fear. However, its program is to soon convene a peculiar league of Parliament and walk this Bill into a law.” He noted that the Act could instrumentality distant the rights guaranteed by the Constitution.

Highlighting that adjacent galore Hindus payment from Christian charitable organisations, helium observed, “This attack, driven by a mindset of spiritual hatred and directed against humanitarian activities, is not conscionable against 1 religion, it is against humanity arsenic a whole.”

Mr. Stalin stressed that the FCRA Bill posed a information that could origin irreversible and indelible harm to India’s planetary reputation. He further questioned the AIADMK’s stance regarding the Bill, mentioning that the party’s wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami had precocious said that the AIADMK would support the number assemblage arsenic cautiously arsenic eyelids guarding the eye.

Criticising the AIADMK, Mr. Stalin said that the enactment has turned into a subservient radical to the BJP. He added that Mr. Palaniswami was making excessive efforts to appease New Delhi conscionable to support the ‘AIADMK General Secretary’ nameboard.

At the campaign, helium announced 2 caller promises for fishermen: the property bounds for rank successful the Fishermen Welfare Board volition beryllium raised from 65 years to 70 years, and the monthly pension for members of the committee – for those aged 70 to 75 years – stating that the Dravidian exemplary authorities has ever acted arsenic a trusted person of fishermen. However, helium pointed out, “The Union BJP government, which holds the overseas policy, has failed to support our fishermen.”

Earlier Mr. Stalin had introduced the candidates for six assembly constituencies, who are contesting nether DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance successful the forthcoming Assembly elections, to the members of public.