Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin banned foreign travel for all DMK ministers, legislators, and district officials through next year's assembly elections. Stalin implemented the restriction after conducting personal meetings with more than 150 constituency administrators through the Varu Sagodharargale campaign at party headquarters in Chennai. Party officials acknowledged internal surveys revealed weak public connections because local representatives failed to maintain active community engagement over the past four years.
Stalin ordered ministers and lawmakers to remain in their constituencies to address citizen concerns directly through local administrators and district collectors. Officials received instructions to resolve factional disputes by the month's end and communicate government welfare programs more effectively to voters. The chief minister granted travel exemptions only for ministers conducting official departmental business abroad with advance leadership approval. Party sources reported Stalin expressed concern that legislators had lost touch with constituent expectations and grassroots party members across Tamil Nadu.
Stalin ordered ministers and lawmakers to remain in their constituencies to address citizen concerns directly through local administrators and district collectors. Officials received instructions to resolve factional disputes by the month's end and communicate government welfare programs more effectively to voters. The chief minister granted travel exemptions only for ministers conducting official departmental business abroad with advance leadership approval. Party sources reported Stalin expressed concern that legislators had lost touch with constituent expectations and grassroots party members across Tamil Nadu.
