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Tamil Nadu
By Our Special Correspondent
Elaborating, Mr. Karunanidhi said he did not fear physical violence. But he was worried about the repercussions it would cause within and outside the Assembly. So he decided to do what Ms. Jayalalithaa and the former Chief Minister, M.G. Ramachandran, had done at different periods in the past: he would periodically go to the Assembly to sign the register. Asked whether the presence of TV cameras, which recorded all goings-on, would not provide the safety he was looking for, Mr. Karunanidhi shot back: ``What happened to Parithi Ilamvazhuthi (DMK MLA)? They have charged him with attempt to murder.'' Mr. Karunanidhi said that between 1989 and 1991, Ms. Jayalalithaa attended the Assembly only for two days. Also, she should be aware that MGR had not attended the proceedings from 1972 to 1976. Despite his not attending the Assembly, he had been in the forefront of raising and addressing people's issues, Mr. Karunanidhi said. (Speaking in Erode yesterday, Ms. Jayalalithaa answered Mr. Karunanidhi's two questions. On her lending support to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, she made a distinction between the pre-Rajiv Gandhi assassination and post-assassination phases; and on the charge that she wrote to the then Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi that MGR had resented her popularity, she not only denied writing such a letter but also alleged that Mr. Karunanidhi had fabricated it.) Mr. Karunanidhi challenged Ms. Jayalalithaa to launch legal proceedings against him since she claimed that the letter was forged. The DMK chief exhibited two newspapers, Makkal Kural and Malai Murasu, which had carried the letter on their front pages on January 10, 1989. He dared Ms. Jayalalithaa to initiate legal action against the publications too. The letter pasted all over the walls of the State and was also published in Murasoli (DMK organ) and Dinakaran. Still, there was no reaction at that time. ``Why did Ms. Jayalalithaa not deny this in the past 13 years?''. As she had not launched defamation proceedings and as she had not denied the report for such a long time, it was clear that she had written the letter, Mr. Karunanidhi argued. On the charge that the DMK youth wing leader, M.K. Stalin, was not participating in Assembly proceedings, Mr. Karunanidhi said he did not want to defend Mr. Stalin merely because he was his son. Ms.Jayalalithaa had levelled baseless allegations against many DMK leaders including the general secretary, K. Anbazhagan; the treasurer, Arcot N. Veerasamy, and the deputy leader in the House, Durai Murugan. There was no substance and he did not want to reply to the charges. On the Sattankulam byelection, Mr. Karunanidhi said the DMK aim remained defeating the AIADMK. The party had not taken a decision on supporting the Congress. The Tuticorin DMK unit had ``hastily'' convened a meeting of volunteers, but the leadership asked the unit to call it off. Commenting on Kerala-Tamil Nadu ministerial level talks across the Bhavani issue, he said these should have been initiated earlier.
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