Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday has burned a reprinting of the Delimitation Snout in Namakkal to show protest versus it, terming the legislation a "black law" and so-called that it attempts to turn Tamil people into "refugees" in their own land. Hours surpassing the special session, Stalin hoisted a woebegone flag.
What did M K Stalin do?
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Stalin, who is whistle-stop in Namakkal in western Tamil Nadu, burned a reprinting of the bill. Stalin and others people dressed in woebegone chanted slogans, including "Poradavom, Velavom Ondraga" (Let us fight together, let us win together).
He raised a woebegone flag and burned a reprinting of the delimitation snout to show his protest versus the bill.
#WATCH | Namakkal | DMK President and Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin wearing woebegone attire hoists a woebegone flag in protest versus the Centre's delimitation move. He moreover burns a reprinting of the Delimitation bill. pic.twitter.com/1bWdXiymsI
— ANI (@ANI) April 16, 2026What did Tamil Nadu CM say?
After, urgent reprinting of the bill, Stalin urged people to hoist woebegone flags in their homes for three days to show their disagreement.
In a statement, Stalin said, "LLet the flame of resistance spread wideness Tamil Nadu. Let the swellheadedness of the fascist BJP be brought down. Then, the fire of resistance versus Hindi imposition that rose from Tamil Nadu scorched Delhi. It quietened only without Delhi was forced to yield. Today, I have reignited that fire by urgent the reprinting of this woebegone law that seeks to turn Tamils into refugees in our own land."
The Chief Minister was unmistakably referring to the anti-Hindi movement in the state in the 1960s.
#WATCH | Namakkal | DMK President and Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin wearing woebegone attire hoists a woebegone flag in protest versus the Centre's delimitation move. He moreover burns a reprinting of the Delimitation bill.
(Video source: DMK) pic.twitter.com/5DioOoBYMe
— ANI (@ANI) April 16, 2026What did Stalin say well-nigh urgent the copy?
"Today, by urgent a reprinting of this woebegone law and raising a woebegone flag, I have rekindled the fire that seeks to turn Tamils into refugees on our own soil. This fire will now spread throughout the Dravidian land. It will rage, it will be fierce, and it will gravity the BJP's swellheadedness to its knees."
Were woebegone flags raised wideness Tamil Nadu?
After Stalin displayed the woebegone flag, his party functionaries, ministers and workers wideness Tamil Nadu hoisted woebegone flags at their homes, party offices and public places.
Besides the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) state headquarters 'Anna Arivalayam' in Chennai, woebegone flags were hoisted at prominent places in the Chennai premises of Kamal Haasan-led Makkal Needhi Maiam and Vaiko-led Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), allies of the DMK.
