MDMK calls for total prohibition and life imprisonment for sexual offenders

In its manifesto, the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) has reiterated its basal successful favour of full prohibition, a request not shared by different constituents of the DMK-led front.

The manifesto, released connected Tuesday (March 17, 2026) by enactment wide secretary Vaiko, said it was the party’s argumentation that Tamil Nadu should beryllium escaped from liquor and different drugs “responsible for the degeneration of youth”. “Vaiko undertook a 1,500-km locomotion to item the issue,” it noted.

It further stated that alcohol had destroyed the lives of young people, portion drugs smuggled into the State done oversea routes had severely affected students. “We volition impulse the State and Union governments to fortify borderline controls to forestall the smuggling of drugs,” the manifesto added.

According to the document, drinking habits among younker was 1 of the causes of crimes against women. “We volition instrumentality steps to enact a instrumentality providing for beingness imprisonment for specified offenders, arsenic they are unfit to unrecorded successful civilian society,” the enactment said.

Advocating measures to fortify nationalist transport, which it said was incurring a regular nonaccomplishment of ₹18.9 crore, the enactment projected the instauration of a societal work money to enactment escaped autobus question for women. It besides suggested nonstop budgetary reimbursement for societal payment schemes and the instauration of much electrical vehicles.

Pointing out that the transport of minerals from Tamil Nadu to different States had deprived the State of its resources and led to accidents, the enactment said it would question a prohibition connected it. 

The manifesto besides called for instauration of a abstracted ineligible helping to retrieve temple land, online publication of temple accounts, recognition of temples eligible for UNESCO recognition, and behaviour of pujas successful Tamil astatine each temples nether the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department.