Union Minister demands ban on MDMK

PUDUCHERRY: Indian Union Minister of State for Planning and Parliamentary Affairs V Narayanasamy yesterday called for a ban on the MDMK for championing the "cause of LTTE" and demanded action against its General Secretary Vaiko for his open support to the Tigers.

While there could be no objection to any political party sympathising with Tamils in Sri Lanka and championing their cause, there should be no attempt to extend support to the LTTE in the garb of backing the Tamils, Narayanasamy, who is also an AICC General Secretary, told reporters.

He said Vaiko had been extending "unmitigated" support to the LTTE. There were also other organisations both in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry that were extending full support to the LTTE and action should be taken against the functionaries of such organisations, he said. The AICC General Secretary said immediate steps should be taken to ban the MDMK and action should also be initiated against Vaiko for his support to the LTTE. PTI