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DMK and allies stage demonstration

By Our Special Correspondent

SALEM, DEC. 10 . Hundreds of activists of DMK and its allies including Congress, PMK, CPI, CPI (M), MDMK and Indian Union Muslim League staged a demonstration near the Collectorate here today to condemn Hindutva outfits and the BJP for accusing Congress leader Sonia Gandhi for the arrest of Kanchi Acharya and to protest the AIADMK Government's failure to carry out people welfare schemes.

Led by former minister Veerapandi S. Arumugam, the agitators raised slogans against the BJP and other Hindutva forces such as VHP and RSS for attempting to involve the Centre and Sonia Gandhi in the arrest of the Kanchi seer.

The road workers should be reinstated as directed by the court, they demanded.

While addressing the gathering, Mr. Arumugam said that Hindutva outfits and the BJP were attempting to divert the attention of the public from the arrest of the seer.

He also blamed the AIADMK Government for not cooperating with the Centre to implement the Sethusamudhram project.

Various frontline leaders of allies also took part in the agitation. Traffic near the Collectorate remained paralysed for nearly an hour following the agitation.

Our Erode Staff Reporter writes

Activists of DMK, MDMK, Congress, PMK, CPI and CPI (M) staged a demonstration near the Office of the Revenue Divisional Officer here today, condemning BJP's remarks against Sonia Gandhi in Kanchi acharya's arrest.

The DMK treasurer, Arcot N. Veerasamy, led the demonstration, in which former ministers N.K.K. Periyasamy, Anthiyur P. Selvarasu, MLA Muthur Swaminathan, former MLA N.S.S. Rajkumar Mandradiar, district DMK Secretary, N.K.K.P. Raja (all belonging to DMK) R.M. Palanichami, the district Congress president, T.K. Subramanian of MDMK, Durairaj of CPI (M), Venkatachalam of CPI, and Ramanathan of PMK and hundreds of activists participated in the demonstration.

Our Dharmapuri Staff Reporter writes

Activists of the DMK and its allies staged a demonstration in front of the Dharmapuri Central Cooperative Bank today.

They urged the Government to reinstate all sanitary workers and issue no objection certificates to all farmers for availing themselves of fresh crop loans.

The former DMK Minister, V. Mullaivendan, led the demonstration.

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