The order is a direct violation of fundamental rights & against the #RighttoPrivacy guaranteed by our #Constitution. The order must be taken...

DMK president M.K. Stalin strongly condemned the controversial notification issued by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs authorizing ten central security and intelligence agencies to intercept, monitor, and decrypt any information generated, transmitted, received, or stored in any computer resource across India. Stalin characterized the draconian directive as a brazen, direct assault on the fundamental rights guaranteed by the Indian Constitution and a flagrant violation of the Right to Privacy affirmed by the Supreme Court of India.

Stalin emphasized that the sweeping authorization granted unchecked, arbitrary surveillance powers to central agencies without mandatory judicial oversight or procedural safeguards, effectively transforming India into an oppressive surveillance state. He pointed out that in a constitutional democracy, citizens cannot be subjected to blanket digital monitoring and snooping by executive authorities under vague pretexts of national security. Stalin declared that this authoritarian measure was designed to silence political dissent, intimidate independent journalists, and suppress democratic criticism of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.

Stalin demanded the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of the surveillance order, asserting that the DMK will resist every unconstitutional attempt to erode civil liberties.