முக்கியமான திட்டங்களை நிறைவேற்றுவதற்கு முன்பு பொதுமக்களிடம் கருத்து கேட்புக் கூட்டங்களை நடத்த வேண்டுமென்ற விதியிலிருந்து விலக்கு அளிக்குமாறு,...

DMK president M.K. Stalin strongly condemned the AIADMK administration for urging the central government to exempt Tamil Nadu from the mandatory statutory requirement of conducting public consultation hearings before commissioning major industrial and developmental projects. Stalin questioned the motives behind petitioning New Delhi to dilute environmental protection rules, asking whose private economic interests the state leadership sought to serve by silencing democratic citizen feedback.

Stalin emphasized that environmental impact assessments and transparent public hearings are essential democratic safeguards designed to protect vulnerable communities from ecological devastation, displacement, and environmental pollution. Bypassing citizen consultation transforms governance into an autocratic exercise where commercial contractors and corrupt administrators dictate terms without accountability. He pointed out that farmers and local residents have an inviolable constitutional right to evaluate projects that directly impact their health, water resources, and agrarian livelihood.

Stalin demanded that the state government immediately rescind its regressive request and uphold statutory environmental compliance across all proposed projects. He declared that no development can be deemed genuine if it proceeds by trampling citizen rights, dismissing public sentiment, and dismantling environmental protections across Tamil Nadu.