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tamil nadu
& Tamil Eelam
strugglE for freedom
Vaiko warns of bloodbath in Tamil Nadu
B. Kolappan, The Hindu , 9 April 2009
 "...Prabakaran
had a place in the hearts of Tamils the world over and they would not
tolerate the slightest harm to him... the sea between India and Sri
Lanka could not permanently prevent the Tamil youth from visiting that
country with arms.. The next generation of youth will not be like
me...The LTTE and its leader Prabakaran could not be defeated in the
war."
CHENNAI: Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam general
secretary Vaiko on Wednesday warned that Tamil Nadu would witness a
bloodbath even if the slightest harm befell Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
leader V. Prabakaran.
Addressing a meeting here to condemn the killing of Sri Lankan Tamils, the
MDMK leader said the mind of the people in Tamil Nadu had become a
“volcano.” It was now a long time since they had forgotten the Sriperumpudur
incident (assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi), he said.
Prabakaran had a place in the hearts of Tamils the world over and they would
not tolerate the slightest harm to him, Mr Vaiko said, adding people in
Tamil Nadu also would not have a different attitude.
He said they would not be cowed down by the police and guns. The LTTE and
its leader Prabakaran could not be defeated in the war.
Recalling the shoe-throwing incident at the news conference of Union Home
Minister P. Chidambaram, he said the self-respect of the Tamils was
manifested in the self-immolation of 12 persons. The Sikhs could only hurl a
shoe, “but here we have people who can get bombs. The next generation of
youth will not be like me,” he later told reporters.
Mr. Vaiko said the sea between India and Sri Lanka could not permanently
prevent the Tamil youth from visiting that country with arms. “If the
Argentine-born Che Guevara could fight for the Cubans, why not the youth
from Tamil Nadu for the Tamils in Sri Lanka, with whom they have an
umbilical cord relationship,” he asked.
Mr. Vaiko said “India would not remain one country” if Sri Lankan President
Mahinda Rajapaksa did not stop the war and if India did not urge him to stop
the war.
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