Ban MDMK, says Jayalalitha

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI, JULY 4.The AIADMK general secretary, Ms. Jayalalitha, today demanded a ban on the MDMK and the arrest of its leader, Mr. Vaiko, for holding an ``anti-national conference'' which she said, supported the outlawed LTTE.

Attacking the Union Ministers and Chief Ministers for attending the Erode conference, Ms. Jayalalitha said the Chief Minister, Mr. M. Karunanidhi, who equated himself with Mr. Vaiko, and the MDMK with the DMK, should also be arrested. The DMK too should be banned for the same reason.

Accusing the BJP-led Government of being indifferent to the situation, Ms. Jayalalitha asked for the immediate dissolution of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly for passing the autonomy resolution. Otherwise, the demand for autonomy would ``spread like wild fire,'' leading to fragmentation of the country.

Accusing the MDMK of engaging in ``anti-national activities'', she urged the President to call for a ``proper clarification'' from the BJP-led Government on the participation of the Union Ministers in the conference. Support to those who voiced separatism only reflected the ``ineptitude'' of the Central and State governments.

Noting that photographs of the LTTE chief, Mr. V. Prabhakaran, were sold at Erode, she wanted to know how the police could allow this. ``What other proof is needed to show how ineffectual the Karunanidhi regime has become?.''

The conference had turned out to be the ``debut for the disintegration of the unified Indian subcontinent.'' She wondered how there could be a ``heroic salute'' for the banned LTTE and how Mr. Vaiko could be hailed as the ``Prabhakaran of Tamil Nadu.''

Criticising the pro-Eelam sentiments expressed at the meet, Ms. Jayalalitha said: ``It is Mr. Karunanidhi's yearning to fashion a separate Tamil nation with the portion carved out from India (Tamil Nadu) annexed to another portion carved out from Sri Lanka and then anoint himself as the President of such a State. It is also his ambition to make Prabhakaran the generalissimo of that state, with the LTTE functioning as the Tamil nation's army.''

Though the Prime Minister, Mr. A. B. Vajpayee, had said the formation of Tamil Eelam could not be supported by India, Mr. Vaiko and the PMK founder, Dr. S. Ramadoss, had stated in the presence of the Union Home Minister, Mr. L.K. Advani, that only the creation of Eelam could resolve the ethnic conflict.

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