Jayalalithaa slams Tigers, pro-LTTE groups

Salient points from the statement issued by AIADMK General Secretary J. Jayalalithaa yesterday.

Jayalalithaa stated that remarks by Director Seaman and Ameer were objectionable, antirational and against the sovereignty of India.

She also criticised references calling for a separate Tamil Nadu and 'willing to take up arms'.

She said the killing of a former Indian Prime Minister was challenge to India's sovereignty and was not a private family matter.

She stated that she is the only leader in Tamil Nadu who is against the LTTE.

She said 'Tamils are not depending on Prabahakaran. Prabahakaran is a destructive force. In the pretext of ceasefire he accumulates weapons and items required by him. Who was responsible for the killing of Tamil leaders such as Amirthalingam and Padmanabha? It's this same Prabahakaran'. Currently a few LTTE cadres are reported to be taking treatment at the hospital in Vellore. So far the Government has not responded to this.

The LTTE is a banned organisation. If those opposing the LTTE are betrayers of Tamils then those supporting the LTTE are traitors. She emphasised that separation and separate Tamil Nadu and other such illegal and antirational activities will be firmly opposed by the AIADMK. she stressed that there is no room for compromise.

Action by the Congress Party against the LTTE

C. Gnanasekaran, an MLA from the Congress Party criticised speeches by film directors Ameer and Seaman at the Tamil film industry's rally and public meeting in Rameshwaram on October 19. Gnanasekaran stated: "...the two should be arrested under the National Security Act (NSA)".

Following a meeting of Congress Party members at the Secretariat to discuss the current crisis, which included eleven MLAs. Congress Legislature Party leader D. Sudarshanam stated that the States and Central Governments should take stern action against anyone, irrespective of who they are, if they support the banned LTTE under the National Security Act. The gathering also condemned and requested stern action against Ameer and Seaman.

He is also reported to have stated that the party also vehemently condemned anyone who called for a separate Tamil Nadu in India (referring to Vaiko and Kannappan's remarks) at a meeting organized by pro-LTTE Advocates yesterday.