இந்தியாவில் விடுதலைப்புலிகள் மீதான தடையை மேலும் 2 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு நீட்டிப்பதாக மத்திய அரசு அறிவித்துள்ளது.

கடந்த 17 மாதங்களுக்கு முன்பு விடுதலைப்புலிகள் முற்றிலுமாக ஒடுக்கப்பட்டுவிட்டதாக இலங்கை அரசு அறிவித்தது. எனினும் இந்தியாவில் அந்த இயக்கத்தின் மீதான தடையை மத்திய அரசு நீட்டித்து உத்தரவிட்டது.

இந்நிலையில், இதுதொடர்பாக பல்வேறு இயக்கங்கள், அரசியல் கட்சிகளிடம் ஆய்வுகள் மேற்கொள்ளப்பட்டன. இந்த ஆய்வுக்கூட்டத்தில் பழ.நெடுமாறன், வைகோ உள்ளிட்ட தலைவர்கள் பலரும் கலந்து கொண்டனர். கூட்டத்தில், விடுதலைப்புலிகள் பெரும்பாலும் ஒடுக்கப்பட்டுவிட்ட நிலையில், அந்த அமைப்பின் தீவிரம் இன்னும் இருந்துகொண்டிருப்பதாகத் தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டது.

எனவே அதன் மீதான தடையை மேலும் 2 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு நீட்டிப்பதாக மத்திய அரசு அறிவித்துள்ளது

[ குமுதம் ] - [ Oct 06, 2010 04:00 GMT ]

‘LTTE ban just to gag Eelam supporters’

CHENNAI: The ban on LTTE was aimed at silencing those who criticised the injustice done to Tamils in Sri Lanka, argued those in favour of lifting the ban in the city on Tuesday.

The comment was made at a public hearing organised by the one-man Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal at the Tamil Nadu State Judicial Academy. The situation here was tense as advocates, Q-branch police and leaders of organisations supporting the Eelam cause gathered in large numbers. Justice Vikramajit Sen held the hearing.

Counsels representing the government as well LTTE supporters argued their cases referring to legal tomes, while the overcautious Q-branch police initially prevented journalists from attending the hearing. Only after journalists pointed out that it was a ‘public hearing’ and Justice Sen gave permission, the media was allowed inside the hall.

Among those present at the hearing were Tamil Nationalist Movement (TNM) leader P Nedumaran and MDMK leader Vaiko. N Chandrasekaran, representing TNM, pleaded that the organisation be treated as an aggrieved party, as its members had suffered because of their support to the LTTE. He also pointed out that the Tamil Nadu government had banned the TNM on the same ground.

Contesting Chandrasekaran’s argument, Additional Solicitor General A S Chandiyok, representing the Central government, said the TNM should seek justice in the Madras High Court, where the matter is sub-judice, instead of seeking justice from the tribunal.

However, Chandrasekaran justified his claim saying, “The government is using the ban to silence the supporters of LTTE. We can seek removal of the ban on the Tamil Nationalist Movement in the High Court only if the ban on the LTTE is removed.”

Tamil Nadu People’s Rights Forum counsel M Radhakrishnan questioned the very conception of the Centre’s ban on the LTTE. He argued against the extension of the ban on the LTTE, saying that no remnants of LTTE activity remained in Tamil Nadu.

He added that the government had played with the word ‘Tamils’ in its notification of the ban. He claimed the government had tried to portray the LTTE as fighting for a separate homeland for all Tamils. He pointed out that in fact, the LTTE was fighting for a homeland only for Sri Lankan Tamils.

When Chandiyok wondered how a human rights organisation could support a ‘terrorist outfit’, Radhakrishnan rebutted it, saying that the very notion of ‘terrorist’ was arguable and added that the forum had only been supporting the cause of Eelam Tamils.

When MDMK chief Vaiko requested the tribunal to allow him to represent his case, Justice Sen said he would observe Vaiko’s arguments once the evidence had been collected and the proceedings done with.

After hearing the arguments, Justice Sen reserved the orders. Another round of public hearings will be held in Ooty on October 20.

Vaiko later told reporters that while the Central and State governments were trying to prevent supporters of the Eelam cause from exposing the government injustice done to them, he hoped the tribunal would play a positive role in lifting the ban and thereby allowing members of civil society to express their views on the issue.

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