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Karunanidhi warns against violence

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CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on Thursday said the violence unleashed by miscreants against Tamils in Karnataka and Kerala as a fall-out of the inter-States disputes, was no longer acceptable to the State.

In a strongly worded statement, Mr. Karunanidhi said Tamil Nadu had always wanted to ensure that miscreants and anti-socials did not take advantage of a situation arising out of inter-State disputes over the Cauvery Tribunal Award or the Mullaperiyar dam issue. "We have been showing restraint to the violence in Karnataka and Kerala. But the patience was being construed as cowardice and even now anti-socials and miscreants continued their anti-Tamils activities thus jeopardising the unity and integrity of the country," he said.

Vehicles from Tamil Nadu continued to be attacked, and agitators were still stopping the screening of Tamil films in these States. He said he was constrained to state that these acts were no longer acceptable nor could the State remain silent to them.

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