Chennai: Asserting that those who spread rumours that migrant workers are being attacked in Tamil Nadu are against the Indian nation and cause harm to the integrity of the country, Chief Miniser M.K.Stalin today said strict action will be taken against those spreading such flasehood and also spoke to his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar and said migrant workers from his state were safe.
“It is highly condemnable that some people are indulging in doing such dirty politics on social media”, he said, in a detailed statement, after holding a high level meeting with senior officials following reports in social media that migrant workers from Northern states are being attacked in Tamil Nadu.
He said “the workers from the North need not have any fear. If someone threatens them, they may seek help through the helpline numbers of the police department that have been notified, and I assure that action will be taken on receipt of information/complaints.”
“I would like to kindly inform the labour brothers who have come from other States to here that this Government and the people of Tamil Nadu will be a bulwark for all the state workers here and I request you not to have any fear on the basis of false news”, he added.
It all started with a journalist from Bihar who spread a news of private conflict between two individuals that took place in some other state as if it had happened in Tamil Nadu, he said.
“Therefore, I appeal to the TV channels, social media channels/platforms and those who use the social media platforms to realise their social responsibility and publish news in accordance with media ethics and not to publish news for sensationalism without checking the facts”, the Chief Minister.
Mr Stalin said in this regard, he had spoken to BIhar CM brother Nitish Kumar and assured him that all the workers in the State are our own workers, they help us in the development of our state and that no harm will happen to them.
