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Lift ban on LTTE: Tirumavalavan

By Our Staff Reporter

TIRUNELVELI, JUNE 8: Urging the Union Government to lift the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, the Dalit Panthers of India has asked the new government to play a "constructive role" in the Norwegian-sponsored peace talks between the Sri Lankan government and the rebels.

Speaking to reporters here today, the party general secretary, Thol. Tirumavalavan, said there was no need to extend the ban on the LTTE in India, which was not forbidden in the island nation, where it had been fighting for the rights of Tamils for several decades. As the talks entered a crucial stage, the Indian government should play a constructive role, he said.

Mr. Tirumavalavan welcomed the Centre's decision to accord classical status to Tamil.

On the performance of the People's Alliance in the just-concluded parliamentary elections, he said over 10 lakh voters supported it despite a "strong anti-incumbency wave" against the All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam— Bharathiya Janata Party combine.

"It showed that they (the voters) want to see the PA as a political power in the State and they have taught a fitting lesson to the people, who wanted to sideline us. While the percentage of votes received by the DPI has gone up, the Pattali Makkal Katchi has suffered a loss of nearly four per cent votes."

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