Chennai rally to project cause of displaced Tamils.Byline: ANI Chennai, Sep 3 (ANI): Hundreds of activists of Dravidar Kazhagam Dravidar Kazhagam or Dravida Kazhagam (Dravidian Organization) was the first fully Dravidian party in India. It was a radical party formed by E.V.Ramaswamy also called Thanthai Periyar (The Noble Father) of erstwhile Madras Presidency. party took to streets here against central government blaming it for not taking enough measures to urge Sri Lankan government in the resettlement Re`set´tle`ment n. 1. Act of settling again, or state of being settled again; as, the resettlement of lees s>. The resettlement of my discomposed soul. - Norris. of displaced Tamilians. The activists of the Dravidar Kazhagam party led by its President K Veeramani marched from the party office to the Chennai Central Chennai Central Railway Station in Chennai is the home to the Southern Railways and the most important rail hub in South India. Trains from here connect the city to other states of India, while trains to other parts of Tamil Nadu (excluding Salem, Erode and Coimbatore) are catered Railway Station raising slogans to stop the atrocities on their community member in Sri Lanka. The protestors were arrested, as permission to enter the railway station was not given to them. "3,00000 Tamils are suffering in Sri Lanka and are facing hardships in the refuge camps. Therefore we and the state demand the central government to take appropriate steps to relocate the Tamil refugees to their houses in north and east of the island nation," said Veeramani. The protestors raised slogans on the need to save the Tamils and also to stop the cruel treatment meted out to them allegedly by the Sri Lankan security forces. Sri Lankan Tamils have historical and cultural links with about 60 million Tamils in Tamil Nadu and their fate has political repercussions repercussions npl → répercussions fpl repercussions npl → Auswirkungen pl in India. Around 300,000 Sri Lankan Tamils were displaced in the final months of the offensive to wipe out the Tamil Tigers rebels, which ended on May 18. The Sri Lankan government has pledged to resettle resettle Verb [-tling, -tled] to settle to live in a different place resettlement n Verb 1. at least 80 percent of the total displaced people by the end of the year. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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