'Rallying Tamil Nadu under one banner to deny political space to communal forces and their stooges'

Galvanising the ruling DMK's well-oiled election machinery to retain power in the 2026 assembly polls, Chief Minister and party president MK Stalin on Saturday said the Dravidian major's 'Oraniyil Tamil Nadu' (TN under one banner) campaign, being launched from July 1 with an ambitious target of enrolling two crore membership, is aimed at denying any political space to communal forces and their stooges.

- STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE CHENNAI, 28 JUNE

"The 'Oraniyil Tamil Nadu' campaign aims to ensure that there is no space in the state for those who disregard projects for Tamil Nadu, deny the civilisational pride of Tamil, and discriminate Tamil development in financial allocation by engaging only in communal polarisation as well as their stooges supporting them," read a letter Stalin addressed to the party's rank and file. Besides, the DMK president has been holding one-on-one meetings, christened 'Udanpirappe Vaa' (Come Brother), with party functionaries in each assembly constituency since 12 June.