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khd - 1 :
yif eilbgw d gLbfhiy kW kj cik wf FJ M brJ Ia ehLf mit tYd FG, 2011 Vu khj mj mif mogil [Link]. kj cik Mizajh thfgL, 2012M ML kh khj iwntw gl khdJF Mjuthf thfj ehLfSF khehL e bjJ bfhwJ. mkhd tWjgLs thW yif muR

eltoiffis cWl nkbfhwjh vgij ffhgjF [Link]. kj cik Miza xU nkghit FGit al ntL vW khehL nfL bfhwJ.

Resolutions
This Conference expresses its gratitude to the Nations, which voted in favour of the Resolution passed in the Human Rights The Resolution was based on Council of the U.N.O. in May, 2012.

the report of the Expert Committee, appointed by the U.N.O. for enquiring into the Genocide and Human Rights Violations in Sri Lanka. The Report was given to the U.N.O. in April, 2011.

This Conference requests the Human Rights Council of the U.N.O. to appoint a Supervisory Committee to oversee whether the Sri Lankan Government takes determined action as urged in the Resolution passed in the Human Rights Council of the U.N.O.

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2009M ML nk khj yif jHf Tl Tlkhf bfhygld. ghJfh tisaf (Safety Zones) vd mfgl gFfY, kUJt kidfY Tl, FLf rgl bfh^u cy ntbwj nghY eilbguhj mur gafuthj vnw Tw ntL. mj ngh Fwf btyFF bjJ lhk jlaf midij mF KafS eilbgWsd.

jftf midij, [Link]. mit bghJbrayhs gh _ mtfsh mikf bgw, njh ndahit nrj j%kh jiyik yhd _t FG j mif bjgL sJ. 2011 Vu gh _ mj mifia btLsh. There was mass-killing of Tamils in Sri Lanka during May, 2009. There was bombing in the areas notified as Safety-Zones and Hospitals. This was unprecedented and had not happened in any other war and therefore it should be called a State-sponsored Terrorism. Efforts to obliterate all traces of war-crimes were taken, so that the outside world do not come to know of them. All these details have been made clear in the Report of the Three Member Team, headed by D arusman of Indonesia and constituted by Ban-ki-Moon, Secretary General of the U.N.O. mtif btah XuhL flj dU, mF elj ngh Fwfis MuhtjF Rnairahd rtnjr FG mikfgliy. gyhufzfhd cfis HJ F cyf jd cuj Fu nfhU flF W tJsJ. [Link]. mit kj cik FG rh rtnjr FG xW mikfgL, mF eilbgw ngh Fwf flagL, ngh Fwthf jofgl ntL vW khehL [Link]. mitia tWJwJ. Even after a year since the Report was released, an Independent International Team of Experts has not been formed to examine the War-Crimes. The Tamil Race, which has lost several thousands of lives, has now reached a stage to raise its voice demanding Justice. This Conference urges the U.N.O. to appoint an International Committee on behalf of the Human Rights Council of the U.N.O. to go into the War-crimes and punish those found guilty of crimes.

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j d gghL TWfis mJ, mt ntfis ijF bfhLikahd Kafis nkbfhL tUtnjhL, mtfSila nfhs mogilyhd thif befis mF Kafis ntfgL tU yif mu lf xU gFjh fs kfis <H gFf FoakJ KaahF. Sinhalisation of traditional Tamil areas is part of an evil design of the Sri Lankan Government, which has taken efforts to demolish the Tamils Cultural roots, apart from their endeavour to wipe out the Tamils way of living based on geographical factors. <H jHf f Tlf, bgUf bgw ah yf Mait yif uhQtduh mfgld. <H jHf tghL jyfshd J nfhf, kNf, njthyaf Matiw mJ tUtnjhL, jHf bkh milahsK ijfgL tUwJ. j vGj goUj filf, Wtdf, kW rhiyf bgaf fs bkh vGjgL tUwd. ngh bjhlahf C bgafS fs kakhfgL NH ywJ. jid bjhlJ fstf mF FonaWtj nfw tif mtf mwhl thiffhd flikfis tlF, HF gFf yif muR cUth tUwJ. Eezham Tamils educational institutions and the famous Jaffna Library were destroyed by the Sri Lankan Army. Hindu Temples,

Mosques and Churches are being attacked and demolished and traces of Tamils Language is being mangled. Tamil Name Boards

in shops and business establishments and Tamil names of Roads are changed and re-written in Sinhala Language. Sinhalisation of

the names of places has become certain. In the North and East areas, infrastructural facilities required for settling Sinhalese are being constructed by the Sri Lankan Government.

j _y yif gbdL fhykhf jf j jikia ghJfhJ thJ tj jHfSF Mnya Vfhga muR bra Jahj tbraiy xU #dehaf muR vW th giw bfhL yif muR brJ tUtJ fofjfJ cyfjh VWbfhs ayhjJ MF. yif mu jifa bfhL brafis cyf ehLf uahf sF [Link] cldoahf jLJ Wl ntL vd khehL nfL bfhwJ. Sri Lankan Tamils have been preserving their unique identity for a very long time. It is most condemnable that the Sri Lankan

Government, while calling itself a democratic State, have been indulging in violent activity, which even the British did not have the courage to do and the world would not approve. This Conference, therefore, appeals to the U.N.O., which is the representative institution of the Nations of the World, to immediately put an end to the atrocities of the Sri Lankan Government.

khd - 4 :
mil ehlhd yif mik rkJtK ytjF ca gfis nkbfhs ntoa flik cik bghW ahF csJ. gntW nja df, kjf, bkhf Madtiw csl #dehaf kufis ghJfhJ tU a muR mil ehlhd yif j iyfSF vilahf eilbgW ffis fL fhzhk UgJ V vw nf jH berf vGJsij khehL a muRF RofhLwJ. India has the Duty, Right and Responsibility to undertake measures for ensuring peace and equality in the neighbouring Sri Lanka.

Indian Government has been protecting traditions.

number of

Nationalities, Religions andLanguages, as required by its democratic But contrary to this Indian situation, in the Therefore this Conference points that on a the question has as to why the Indian undemocratic neighbouringSri Lanka, there is no protection for the Tamil Nationality, Religion and Language. out to the Indian has Government been silent

naturally arisen in the hearts of Tamils Government developments in Sri Lanka.

vdnt, yif jnghJ y tU Niyf kh, <H jkf mua, bghUshjhu, gghL cikfis blLJ rkJtK mik iwj thit nkbfhs a muR KidJ, KG_Rl bragl ntL. yif cs j kf jhf U mua it jhfns Ko brJ bfhS tif mtfSF KGcik tHFtjF a muR [Link]. kw khd bfhLtu ntLbkd khehL tWJwJ. The Indian Government should, therefore, take all necessary steps to ensure a total change of environment in Sri Lanka and a l i f e o f e q u a l i t y a n d p e a c e t o t h e S r i L a n k a n Ta m i l s , b y redeeming their political, economic and cultural rights. This Conference urges the Government of India to bring forth a Resolution in the U.N.O., for bestowing full right to the Tamils in Sri Lanka to decide the political solution themselves, which they have been demanding.

khd - 5 :
yif tlF, HF gFf thG bgUghyhd j kf mogil trf vit yhJ kujoY wj btfY mtf cwdf jaY Kl lwd. Kfhfis L btnawgL FLgfSF mf gL cj bjhif f f

Fiwthf csJ. mFLgf mogil njitfSnf nghuhl ntosJ. brtjF ntiy VJ ilfhjjh, kW Foakjgl jHf thH t euf ntjid mDgwd. <H gFf j kf yfS LfS tgF cshf gLsd. Fghf r, kdh, tah nghw gFf jHfSF cikahd gyhufzfhd Vf yf gfgLsd. Most of the Tamils in the North and the East of Sri Lanka have been eking out their living under trees and in open places and are left to the favour of their relatives. The financial assistance given These families have to Lands and to those leaving the camps is very small.

struggle for their basic needs. As there is no job available for them to do, the re-settled Tamils are put to hellish agonies. Houses of Eezham Tamils are forcibly grabbed. Several thousands of Acres of Land owned by Tamils in areas like Sambur, Mannar and Vavuniya have been taken by force. thW, ttahf thJ tj gFf j <H kf yfis gbfhLj iy brhj knyna mffshf thG bfhLikF Ko fL Kafis [Link]. kw cldoahf nkbfhs ntL vW j khehL tWJwJ. This Conference, therefore, urges the U.N.O. to formulate measures to put an end to such cruelty, forcing the Tamils to live in their own Home-land as refugees, since their traditional lands were snatched by force.

khd - 6 :
iwa yif #dehaf M KiwF gyhf uhQt Mf nknyh UwJ. uhQt, mj eltoiffSfhf, jH gFf jHfSF brhjkhd Vuhskhd Lfis ifafgL bfhLsJ. fhahf cs Lfis j fLgho nkbfhS uhQt, mtiw fh bra kWwJ. uhQt mDk tlF, HF gFf jHf Lf vj r_f ffS elj KoahJ.

Today in Sri Lanka the presence and power of the Army are more predominant than democratic system of Government. their activities. The Army has taken over a very large number of houses of the Tamils for The Army has brought vacant houses under its No social function could control and has been refusing to vacate. permission of the Army. uhQtdnu mF khtl Mauhf muR thfshf afgLwd. iwa j <H X uhQt Kfh nghy fhawJ. #dehaf mogilyhd csh mikf yhjjh mFs jHfSF jfsJ Fiwfis vLJ Tw, ngr, mikahd Kiw nghuhl tiy. mtf vnghJ bgU ciwJ lwd. Only the Army men are appointed as District Administrators and Government functionaries there. Tamil Eezham today looks like an Army-Camp. There is no way out for the Ta m i l s to air their grievances, talk or peacefully agitate in the absence of democratically-elected local bodies. They are under constant panic. j isPf gy kkkhd Kiw fhzhk nghsd. gy utij Kfhf brhbyhzhj ntjidF, JauJF MshfgL tUwhf. j bgf, uhQt gilduh gha tKiw cl gy bfhLikfSF MshfgLwd. j FHijf Jghfis ghJ bfhL, uhQt gild flJ L tKiwah ghfgL, Koyhj mrJl thwd. Number of Tamil youth have disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Many Tamils are subjected to untold agony and Tamil children are kept in full glare of the suffering in the Torture-Camps. Tamil women are put to all kinds of abuses by the Army. Guns. They live in perpetual fear, having been affected by the

be held in the houses of Tamils in the North and East without the

violence unleashed by the Army.

n g h i s t h f V w j h H 90 M u j b g f jitfshf MfgLsd vW yhJ mu btw mikrf 2011M ML mif TWwJ. UL lF mtf vfhyij nkY mRWJ tif, mtf J fs uhQtd gha tKiwf cl gntW utijfis brJ tUwhf. The Annual Statement for 2011 released by the External Affairs Ministry of the U.K. says that about 90 thousand Tamil women have been widowed, as a consequence of the War. Their future has become bleak. As a further threat to their lives, the Army are putting them to torturous treatments and abuses. vdnt jH gFfUJ cldoahf uhQtij fs muR y bfhtjF Ia ehLf mit cyf ehLfS yif muRF mGj bfhLf ntLbkd khehL nfL bfhwJ. uhQtij Ug bgWtij neuoahf ffhgjF, Ia ehLf mit xU gdhL FGit VgLj ntL vW khehL nfL bfhwJ. This Conference, therefore, pleads with the U.N.O. and Nations of the World, to bring pressure on the Sri Lankan Government to withdraw the Army from the Tamil Areas immediately. This Conference further requests the U.N.O., to constitute an International Committee to directly supervise withdrawal of the Army.

khd - 7 :
<H jHf bjh, tf th KGikahf fs jiypo jwJ. uhQt, Fokf thif midJ gFfis MuJ, bkhj bghUshjhuij jdJ fLghLF itJsJ. ntshik, fhf gid, Lf, cztff kW KoUjffTl UJ uhQtduh bfhG brY eljgLwd. ahghz

V-9 beLrhiy, K jHf bgo filf gy Ujd; gid brnthU Ujd. jnghJ mit midJ fs Kdh uhQt gilufsh MufgLsd. e fjrh nfh cs gFf Tl, fst filf mikJsd.

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The Trade and Commercial Life of Eezham Tamils suffers at the hands of Sinhalese due to their interference and intimidation. The Army has encroached all the areas of Civil life and brought the economy under its control. Activities like farming, vegetable trade, hotels, restaurants and barber-shops have been taken over by the Army. There were before many shops with sellers on the A-9 But now all those shops have Sinhalese

Highway from Jaffna to Colombo.

been encroached upon by the Ex-Sinhalese Army Men.

shops have come up in the areas of Nallur Kandaswamy Temple. jH gF cs jHf _ytsf RulgLwd. tlF gF Vuhskhf ilF Rzh ffis fsf Ruo vLJ brwd. kz ts kW tdts midJ tlF, HF gFfUJ bjF neh brwd. aif jJs fktsf jhd k ikjf cikf thW f fLikahf wgL tUwd. gbdLfhykhf j dtf thJ tj tlF, HF flnyhu gFf fs dtf FoakjgL tUwd. j fhuzkhf j dtf ththjhu ghfgLsJ. Tamils resources in Tamil Eezham Areas are being exploited. Sinhalese are mining lime-stone available in plenty in the Northern areas and taking them away. Sand and forest wealth have started moving towards the South from the Northern and Eastern Areas. Rights of Minerals endowed by Nature to the Sons of the Soil are being gravely violated. Sinhala-fishermen are being settled in the areas traditionally under occupation by the Tamil-fishermen in the coastal areas of the North and East. This has affected the livelihood of Tamil fishermen.

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mgFfUJ U mDtnjhL, L jHf jf bjh, tf kW _yts Mjhuf J cik bfhnlhuh mfgl ntL. jHf th a iy VgLJ gfis cldoahf nkbfhs, [Link]. mit yif muir tWj ntLbkd khehL nfL bfhwJ. Sinhalese forcibly settled in Tamil areas should be sent back and Tamils should again be declared as the rightful owners of the natural resources, trade and commerce. This conference appeals that the U.N.O. should urge the Sri Lankan Government to take steps immediately to restore normalcy in the life of the Tamils.

khd - 8 :
<H gFf eilbgw uhQtd bfh^u jhFjfSF m yifUJ btna, gntW ehLf mffshf myYW jHf kW ca Mtzf yhk brhj ehilL btnaajh wehLf iffshf iw thL <H jHfis cldoahf, Ia ehLf mit mffSfhd Mizal (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) xgilgjFa eltoiffis [Link]. kw nkbfhs ntL. mtfSF njitahd bghUshjhu cjfis gaz ck Mtzfis bgW jU gid Ia ehLf mit mffSfhd Miza (UNHCR) nkbfhs ntLbkd khehL nfL bfhwJ. U.N.O. should take steps to entrust to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees the Tamils, who had fled, fearing atta c k s o f t h e a r m y i n t h e E e z h a m a r e a s a n d t h e Ta m i l s living in distress in various countries as refugees and the Tamils, who are put in prisons abroad, as they had left their own country and did not have proper documents. financial aid and travel documents. Further, this Conference requests that the U.N.H.C.R. to initiate steps for the grant of required

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<HUJ btna ah mffshf thG jHf kahf thtjF VJthf, ka muR midJ yif mffSF a Foik myJ ujukhf ah thgt vw iy tHf ntL vW khehL a muir tWJtJl, mff bjhlghd Ia ehLf kw xgj Miz ah gwgl ntL vW j khehL tW nfL bfhwJ. This Conference urges the Government of India to grant Indian Citizenship Right or Permanent Resident Status to all the Refugees, who have come from Sri Lanka and have been

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living in India, to lead a contented life. This Conference also urges that [Link] on Refugees should be followed in India.

khd - 10 :
<H gF thG j kfSF midJ mogil thikfS, #dehaf cikfS tHfgl ntL. mtf mogil cikf wgLtjF Ko flhj tiu yif jHf kWth vgJ btW fJilghf, bjhiyu fdthf UF vW khehL fUJwJ. vdnt tU braghLfns, <H jHfisRakahijnahL ciknahL thHitF vW khehL cWahf ewJ. (i) yif jHfl Ia ehLf kw _y bghJ thbfL eljgl ntL. mJ bjfha kj cikf uidahf KiygLjgl ntL. Tamils in Eezham areas should be given all required fundam e n ta l r i g h ts of living and democratic r i g h ts .

This Conference considers that the Rehabilitation of Sri Lankan Tamils will be an eye wash and will remain a distant dream, unless violation of their basic rights is stopped.

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Therefore this Conference firmly believes that only the following steps will enable Eezham Tamils to lead a life of dignity and self respect; (i) A Referendum should be conducted with the Sri Lankan Tamils through the U.N.O. Human Rights Issue. (ii) fyhrhuij HJ, vj dK, kfS thHnth, jkJ bkhia, milahsij ghJfhfnth KoahJ. yif muR jH fyhrhuK, bkh ghJfhfgLtij cW bra ntL. Mdh yif muR, mtiw mgjfhd midJ Kafis nkbfhL tUwJ vgnj tUjjf cikahF. X MbkhF ca jF juglhk, j tYHf bragL tUwJ. jHf ghugaij mf midJ KidfY eltoiff nkbfhsgL tUwd. (ii) No Race or people can survive or preserve their racial identity or language, if their culture is lost. guage. ment The Sri Lankan Government should ensure protection of Tamil Culture and LanBut it is a saddening fact that the Sri Lankan Governhave been ta k i n g all possible e f f o r ts to It should be highlighted as South-Asian

destroy Tamils culture and language. Tamil Language is bei n g w e a k e n e d , w i t h o u t b e s t o w i n g o n i t t h e s ta t u s o f official language. Action has been taken to destroy Tamil tradition in all fronts. (iii) M u f z f h d j H f i w o f g L y i f iwf milfgLsd. mtf midtU Ljiy bragl ntL. (i v ) jfsJ ehil L cUF gaJ, ghugakhd jfsJ thlfis L cyf KGtJ gntW ehLf Fona thG yif jHf, jfsJ jhehLF vj jil ghJfhghf tJ nghf mDkfgl ntL.

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(iii) Thousands of Tamils, who have been imprisoned, should be freed. (iv) Sri Lankan Tamils, who have gone to various countries of the world from their Home-land, leaving their traditional places of residence, out of sheer fear for their life should be allowed to freely and safely come and go to their mother-land without any restriction. (v) j FHijf vfhy tsbgw; jH gFf f mit nkgLJj, tlF - HF khtlf KGikahf braglToa gf kW gfiy fHff Wj kW Ma g lfis uj Mait Ka njitfshF. (vi) ngh ghf gltfSF caju nritfSl w kUJt trf cW bragl ntL. Fghf, fKnd elj nghdhY, rbragl ntL. (v) Fully-functioning schools and Universities, filling up of teachervacancies in all North and Eastern districts are priority needs for brightening the future of Tamil Children and improving their literacy. (vi) Medical facilities should be ensured with specialized services to the war-affected people. Mental and Neural depression and stress conditions, which are due to war and loss of family, should be addressed. (vii) yif uhQtd jhFjfsh ghfgl <H jHf FoUf, filf, tf tshff, gTlf, ff, rhiyf nghwtiw brgl, bra cjL tif a muR, <H jH kWth ahf tHs %.500 nfho nkfhQ gfSfhf ca Kiw gagLjgl ntL. fis eilKiwgLJt cyf ehLfSl izJ ah j Kjik gid Mw ntL vW khehL nfL bfhwJ. FLgfSF nej HghY jHfSF VgLs kdahd mGjf

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(vii) Tamils houses, shops, commercial complexes, schools, colleges and roads damaged by the Sri Lankan army should be repaired and restored. Rs. 500 crore granted by the Indian Government as rehabilitation assistance for the Tamils should be properly made use of for these works. This Conference appeals that India, in co-ordination with the countries of the world, should come forward to play its primary role in implementing these solutions.

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yif jHfSF ghJ fhig, thuzij cW br nghJ, yif flgildh a dtfJ bjhLfgL bfhLik fUJ mtfis ghJfhgJ ekJ aikah flikahwJ. yif flgilah uhj ghfshf UF mgh jHf dtf <uf jhfgLwd; ifJ bragLwd; RL bfhygLwd; mtfsJ o glFf _fofgLwd; mtf oj f ifgwgLwd. j dtf yif flgilduh kjhkhdkw Kiw elj gLwd. It is our foremost duty to protect Indian fishermen from attacks on them by the Sri Lankan Navy, while ensuring protection and relief to Sri Lankan Tamils. They are shot at and killed. Sea. The un-armed and innocent Tamil Fishermen are being mercilessly attacked by the Sri Lankan Navy. Their Fishing-Boats are sunk in the Their Catch of Fish is seized. Tamil-Fishermen are being treated by the Sri Lankan Navy in an inhuman manner. ah thf viyF goUj fr yif muR tr xgilfgljh, dtf mj gFF brwhny yif flgild mtf J jhFj el JWJwhf.

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j bfhLikbfhU Kofl, fr it ah L jdJ MSif bfhL tUtnjhL jDZnfho myJ klg Kfh a flgil js xiw a muR Wt ntL vW khehL tW nfL bfhwJ. As the Katcha-Thivu, which was within the territories of India, was entrusted with the Sri Lankan Government, Sri Lankan Navy is harassing and attacking the Tamil Fishermen, even when they go near this area. This Conference urges the Government of India to put an end to this atrocity, by bringing Katcha-Thivu under its control and establishing an Indian Navy Unit to be stationed at Dhanushkodi.

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yif jHfis ghfToa msF yif

uhQtF ah vj khyY g bfhLgij j khehL Vf ayhJ vgnjhL, mgogl gf mgij mwnt jf ntLbkW ka muir j khehL tW nfL bfhwJ. This Conference is unable to accept imparting training to the Sri Lankan Army men in any State in India, as it affects the Sri Lankan Tamils. This Conference, therefore, urges the Government of India to avoid completely training to the Sri Lankan Army men.

khd - 13 :
<HjHf thik ghJfhfhf jh jHf eilbgW j khehoid rlnuhjkhdJ vW, j khehony fyJ bfhtjfhf, yifUJ brgtfJ ftd brYjgL vW yif mu rh ulyhf mJsd. yif mu j #dehaf v jikia tikahf fowJ. khehL

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A threatening announcement has been made on behalf of the Sri Lankan Government that this Conference, which is being conducted for the Protection of Right to Life and Livelihood of Eezham Tamils, is unlawful and that those going to Tamil Nadu from Sri Lanka for pa r t i c i pa t i n g in the Conference are being watched. This Conference strongly condemns the undemocratic attitude of the Sri Lankan Government.

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yif jH uid vnghJnk nuhj nghid filoF m..K.f. , m..K.f. MahsfS - mj bjhlahf nghJ eh elj VghL brj - <H jH thik ghJfhfhf khehil yif kWKs gntW ehLfis nrj j czthsf, Mtyf fyJ bfhS brid elJtjF jilahf gtifahD ilWfis brjd. The A.D.M.K. and A.D.M.K. Administrators have always been hostile to the problem of Sri Lankan Tamils. Continuing this tendency, a series of difficulties were caused to stop the Conference and permission was refused through the Police Department to the Conference which we proposed to hold in Chennai for the protection of rights of Eezham Tamils and in which a number of d i g n i ta r i e s from various countries including Sri Lanka were to participate. nkY fht Jiw _y mDk kWJ, kw brnw mDk bgw ntL vD iyid cUtha jHf m..K.f. mu jH v nghid khehL tikahf fowJ. A situation was thus created forcing us to go to the Court to obtain permission for the Conference. Government. This Conference strongly condemns the anti-Tamil Eezham attitude of the ADMK

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