TRC wants Pondy Govt. dismissed

By Our Staff Reporter

PONDICHERRY, DEC. 13. Mr. R. Ravinder Varma, president, and Mr. N. G. Tiruvarasan, senior vice-president of the Pondicherry unit of the Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress (TRC), have called upon the Pondicherry Lt. Governor to intervene and dismiss the Congress(I)- led coalition ministry.

In a statement on Tuesday they said the Chief Minister, Mr. P. Shanmugham, had failed to take action against the Cooperation Minister, Mr. Theni C. Jayakumar, even as Mr. P. Kannan, the then PWD Minister, had come out with authentic evidences to support the allegation that Mr. Jayakumar had nexus with the banned LTTE.

Mr. Kannan had presented the evidence on the floor of the Assembly during the recent winter session. The failure of the Chief Minister to take action against the Cooperation Minister amounted to a grave injustice to the memory of the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi who was assassinated by the LTTE.

The TRC leaders said even after identifying the two LTTE activists who had been allegedly in close contact with Mr. Jayakumar, the Chief Minister had not taken any action against the Cooperation Minister. He said there had been a stony silence on the part of the Chief Minister and also the police in the matter.

How could a Chief Minister keep a person who had been allegedly in close nexus with LTTE and run the government? Hence the Lt. Governor should intervene and dismiss the ministry, they said.

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