04-20-2004, 04:39 PM
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<span style='color:red'>I went to jail to uphold principles, says Vaiko
[size=9]NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 20
[size=14]MDMK general secretary Vaiko today launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Jayalalithaa for making charges against him continuously during her campaign and said 'she was uttering nothing but falsehood.'
Speaking to reporters at the MDMK headquarters, Thayagam, here, Vaiko, taking exception to the Chief Minister's poser on what he had done for Tamilnadu, said he was imprisoned several times on people's issues.
'The Chief Minister has been stating that I was taken to prison for supporting the LTTE. Of the 24 instances of imprisonment, I went to jail twice for speaking in support of Eelam Tamil which was part of Dravidian movement'. 'The Chief Minister does not know the history of Tamilnadu. She does not know about the Dravidian movement. She does not respect others. She speaks dialogues which are written by someone and given to her,' he remarked.
Except for the two times he was imprisoned for Tamil Eelam's cause, the rest of the jail sentences were for agitating over people's issues like price hike and farmers' cause, he argued.
'I was in jail for standing up for certain principles, whereas Jayalalithaa went to jail for corruption charges and misuse of power,' he said.
He refuted the Chief Minister's claim that she was instrumental in the release of Malaysian Tamils from police custody in that country.
MDMK leader Vaiko addressing a press
conference in Chennai today.
Her claim that she was the saviour of suferring Tamils abroad was a 'fraudulent claim'.
He said that it was his letters to the Prime Minister and External Affairs Ministry which led to their release. This was also acknowledged by the released prisoners.
The people should not believe the claim of the Chief Minister on free power to farmers and warned that even the present facility offered including the free power supply to hutments would be cut.
Vaiko said that Jayalalithaa's role in politics would slowly fade away and pointed that a wave opposing the AIADMK-BJP combine was growing in Tamilnadu.
Commenting on the Prime Minister Vajpayee's speech in the last 10 days, Vaiko said it clearly showed that Vajpayee was under tremendous 'mental pressure' and 'frustration'. Vajpayee's statement on succession and coalition politics made it obvious that hardliners of the BJP and Sang Parivar had grown within the party.
However, he said Vajpayee continued to remain a 'noble man'. He expressed shock over the BJP partymen justifying with Tandon distributing sarees in Lucknow.
On the State government pursuing POTA case, Vaiko said if necessary lawyers would consult noted jurist Fali Nariman.
Vaiko said his party would never again align with the BJP and said that the party had taken the decision after consultations.
On Sri Lankan issue, he said that rise of Col Karuna, the rebel LTTE commander, was engineered by Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga.
The Buddhist monks and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), the rightist Sinhala Party which spread racial hatred, were behind propping up Karuna. The JVP never supported giving even basic rights to Tamils in Sri Lanka, he said. </span>
thanks...tamilcanadian and newstodaynet.com
<span style='color:red'>I went to jail to uphold principles, says Vaiko
[size=9]NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 20
[size=14]MDMK general secretary Vaiko today launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Jayalalithaa for making charges against him continuously during her campaign and said 'she was uttering nothing but falsehood.'
Speaking to reporters at the MDMK headquarters, Thayagam, here, Vaiko, taking exception to the Chief Minister's poser on what he had done for Tamilnadu, said he was imprisoned several times on people's issues.
'The Chief Minister has been stating that I was taken to prison for supporting the LTTE. Of the 24 instances of imprisonment, I went to jail twice for speaking in support of Eelam Tamil which was part of Dravidian movement'. 'The Chief Minister does not know the history of Tamilnadu. She does not know about the Dravidian movement. She does not respect others. She speaks dialogues which are written by someone and given to her,' he remarked.
Except for the two times he was imprisoned for Tamil Eelam's cause, the rest of the jail sentences were for agitating over people's issues like price hike and farmers' cause, he argued.
'I was in jail for standing up for certain principles, whereas Jayalalithaa went to jail for corruption charges and misuse of power,' he said.
He refuted the Chief Minister's claim that she was instrumental in the release of Malaysian Tamils from police custody in that country.
MDMK leader Vaiko addressing a press
conference in Chennai today.
Her claim that she was the saviour of suferring Tamils abroad was a 'fraudulent claim'.
He said that it was his letters to the Prime Minister and External Affairs Ministry which led to their release. This was also acknowledged by the released prisoners.
The people should not believe the claim of the Chief Minister on free power to farmers and warned that even the present facility offered including the free power supply to hutments would be cut.
Vaiko said that Jayalalithaa's role in politics would slowly fade away and pointed that a wave opposing the AIADMK-BJP combine was growing in Tamilnadu.
Commenting on the Prime Minister Vajpayee's speech in the last 10 days, Vaiko said it clearly showed that Vajpayee was under tremendous 'mental pressure' and 'frustration'. Vajpayee's statement on succession and coalition politics made it obvious that hardliners of the BJP and Sang Parivar had grown within the party.
However, he said Vajpayee continued to remain a 'noble man'. He expressed shock over the BJP partymen justifying with Tandon distributing sarees in Lucknow.
On the State government pursuing POTA case, Vaiko said if necessary lawyers would consult noted jurist Fali Nariman.
Vaiko said his party would never again align with the BJP and said that the party had taken the decision after consultations.
On Sri Lankan issue, he said that rise of Col Karuna, the rebel LTTE commander, was engineered by Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga.
The Buddhist monks and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), the rightist Sinhala Party which spread racial hatred, were behind propping up Karuna. The JVP never supported giving even basic rights to Tamils in Sri Lanka, he said. </span>
thanks...tamilcanadian and newstodaynet.com
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