With the elections just a couple of months away in Tamil Nadu, a DMK public meeting titled “Tamil Nadu Will Not Bow Down” was held in Nanganallur, Chennai, and was attended by Minister TM Anbarasan, MP Kanimozhi Somu and other party leaders.
Speaking at the event, DMK MP Kanimozhi Somu said, “Today, if you look at our children, all of them have crossed the seas and gone beyond India and are in very prestigious positions. The main reason is only because we studied Tamil and English. Those who studied Hindi, if one has to say, ‘work itself is god’; I am not belittling anyone’s profession. But here, as was said earlier, about ten thousand people are coming every day from North India. What are they bringing and doing here? Either they are bringing ganja, or they are running pani puri shops and doing that kind of work. But our educated children cross the seas and become scientists, doctors, engineers, and even work in places like Google. That is how much we have progressed.”
BJP leader Annamalai shared the video and condemned it saying, “Despite innumerable attacks on migrant workers across Tamil Nadu, DMK’s ministers and MPs appear to have learnt absolutely nothing, except how to normalise their hate against migrant workers.
DMK MP Smt Kanimozhi Somu claims that 10,000 migrant workers educated in Hindi arrive in Tamil Nadu every day to sell “Ganja” and Pani Puri. Speaking before her on the same stage, DMK Minister Thiru T. M. Anbarasan echoed the very same narrative. This is not a slip of the tongue or an isolated remark; it is a pattern.
Such targeted, demeaning rhetoric against migrant workers has become routine under this corrupt DMK regime. By repeatedly stereotyping an entire section of people as criminals and petty offenders, DMK is actively legitimising social hostility and violence on the ground.”
Despite innumerable attacks on migrant workers across Tamil Nadu, DMK’s ministers and MPs appear to have learnt absolutely nothing, except how to normalise their hate against migrant workers.
DMK MP Smt Kanimozhi Somu claims that 10,000 migrant workers educated in Hindi arrive… pic.twitter.com/TXDcOxh9F9
— K.Annamalai (@annamalai_k) February 20, 2026
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