தங்கள் சித்தாந்தங்களுக்கு வேண்டாதவர்களை கைது செய்யத் தூண்டும் மத்திய பா.ஜ.க அரசும், தமிழக ஆளுநரும் கொல்லைப்புற வழியாக முகமூடி அணிந்துகொண்டு...

DMK president M.K. Stalin strongly condemned the arrest of Nakkheeran magazine editor R. Gopal by the Chennai police at the city airport under controversial penal provisions. Stalin characterized the police action as a shameful manifestation of autocratic governance, alleging that the Union BJP government and the Tamil Nadu Governor operated through the subservient AIADMK state administration to intimidate ideological critics and investigative journalists who expose uncomfortable administrative truths.

Stalin observed that invoking stringent criminal laws, including Section 124 of the Indian Penal Code, against a senior editor for publishing investigative reports was a blatant abuse of legal powers. The state machinery was deployed to execute vindictive political agendas from behind the scenes, suppressing investigative journalism and democratic accountability. He argued that targeting media houses for reporting on public controversies revealed an intolerant, authoritarian mindset seeking to destroy independent reporting.

Demanding the immediate and unconditional release of Nakkheeran Gopal, Stalin asserted that democratic rights and constitutional freedoms cannot be extinguished by executive decrees. He declared that the DMK would firmly resist all attempts by ruling authorities to gag the press, affirming that democratic solidarity would prevail against state-sponsored harassment.