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DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin connected Friday (January 2, 2025) called upon the radical of the State to articulation hands to thwart the introduction of drugs and the “more unsafe intoxication of communal politics” into Tamil Nadu.
Arguing that caste and communal clashes were a important occupation successful the country, Mr. Stalin said those successful liable positions, including Union Ministers, were indulging successful hatred speeches and instigating clashes.
“They are trying to destruct the unity and bid of the state for the involvement of their ideologies. Muslims, Christians, Adi Dravidars, and radical from Backward Classes are surviving successful a authorities of fearfulness successful the country. All of america cognize that adjacent during the caller Christmas celebrations, determination were attacks successful assorted places successful the country. Did this concern prevail successful the state until a fewer years ago?” helium asked.
“Divisive forces were engaged successful depicting the radical of the state arsenic enemies of each other. Instead of utilizing spiritualism to foster love, immoderate of the groups were utilizing it to foment trouble,” Mr. Stalin said portion flagging disconnected the 11-day Samathuva (communal harmony) padayatra of MDMK wide caput Vaiko successful Tiruchi.
Coordinated enactment against drugs
Conceding it was indispensable to eradicate the evil of cause maltreatment – the different focal constituent of Mr. Vaiko’s padayatra – Mr. Stalin underscored the value of coordinated enactment by Central and State agencies to forestall smuggling of narcotic substances.
“A large web is down the question of narcotic substances. The Centre and States should enactment unneurotic to destruct the network. A batch of narcotic substances are entering the country. We person to plug the gateways. Central agencies should intensively show and forestall the introduction and inter-state smuggling of narcotic substances. All State governments should widen their cooperation,” Mr. Stalin said.
According to him, successful Tamil Nadu, each agencies were cooperating and moving successful tandem with Central agencies to afloat forestall the question of narcotics. “For instance, we person seized implicit 1 lakh tablets [abused arsenic sources of intoxication] successful Tiruvallur, Vellore, and Ranipet districts implicit the past fewer months. Those smuggling them were recovered to beryllium from Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Haryana. In immoderate cases, the accused were from Nigeria and Senegal,” helium said.
Arguing that eradication of cause maltreatment was a associated societal responsibility, Mr. Stalin called upon artists to enactment responsibly portion expressing their creativity. “It is not incorrect to item the ill-effects of the abuse; but glorifying it would degenerate a generation,” helium said.
Parents, too, should should rise their children with responsibility, Mr. Stalin said, and requested teachers and societal media influencers to rise consciousness connected the evil.
Commending Mr. Vaiko for undertaking the padyatra successful spite of his age,, Mr. Stalin expressed assurance that it would make an awakening.
‘No spot for communal divisions’
Mr. Vaiko said Tamil Nadu was facing a menace from “Santana and Hindutva forces”, which helium alleged were trying to trigger communal clashes successful the State. Equality and communal harmony had prevailed successful Tamil Nadu and determination was nary spot for communal divisions here, helium said.
Terming the 2026 Assembly elections arsenic a conflict betwixt samathuvam (equality) and sanathanam, VCK person Thol. Thirumavalavan said antiauthoritarian secular parties led by Mr. Stalin would not let the “Sanathana forces” and those helping them with antithetic masks, specified arsenic Tamil nationalism, to disagreement and inhabit Tamil Nadu. The Dravidian question was liable for preventing Hindi imposition; without it, Tamil Nadu would person go a Hindi-speaking State, helium said.
Indian Union Muslim League president Kader Mohideen, Dravidar Kazhagam wide caput Durai Chandrasekaran, Makkal Needhi Maiam wide caput A. Arunachalam, and MDMK main caput Durai Vaiko spoke.
