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Stalin signs police register in Madurai

By Our Staff Reporter

MADURAI APRIL 23. The DMK youth wing secretary and MLA, M.K. Stalin, today signed before the inspector of Tallakulam police station as per bail conditions in the Queen Mary's College trespass case. Earlier, on arrival here from Tiruchi, after an overnight halt, he was accorded a rousing reception by his supporters.

Led by the former urban district secretary, V. Velusamy, and the Madurai Mayor, C. Ramachandran, hundreds of party workers raised slogans eulogising Mr. Stalin. They condemned the AIADMK Government for `foisting false cases' on DMK leaders. The cadres received the former Chennai Mayor on the outskirts of the city and escorted him to a private hotel on Alagarkoil Road.

At around 10.30 a.m., Mr. Stalin and 12 others, accused in the case of trespass into the QMC and alleged assault on police personnel, proceeded to the Tallakulam station in a convoy of vehicles.

Talking to newspersons after signing a register there, he said the police had not even offered him a chair. "I do not blame the police since they are being dictated from above".

While the first case of `misappropriation' and `irregularities' in construction of overbridges in Chennai filed against him was gathering dust, the latest (QMC) would also proceed at snail's pace as the allegations were `baseless', he said.

Recalling the arrest on April 9, when a large posse of police personnel `trespassed' into his residence, `scaling' the compound wall shortly before midnight, Mr. Stalin criticised the Government for registering an `attempt to murder' case against him without any justification. "She (the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa) will go to any extent to put me behind bars".

Asked whether the political scenario in the State was conducive to a realignment, Mr. Stalin said the DMK president, M. Karunanidhi, had convened an all-party meting for tomorrow to decide on such issues.

Parrying questions on factionalism in the DMK, he said the party stood united in the southern districts and the media was "blowing things out of all proportion".

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