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We are fully complying with Supreme Court's stay orders, says Jayalalithaa

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI NOV. 11. The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, today gave an assurance to the Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani, that the orders of the Supreme Court staying the arrest of the representatives of The Hindu were being fully complied with and implemented by the State police.

In a demi official letter addressed to Mr. Advani, she said her Government was known for its record of ensuring that Tamil Nadu was one of the most peaceful States "upholding the rule of law, and maintaining perfect law and order."

Ms. Jayalalithaa's letter was in response to the Union Home Ministry's decision to deploy the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at The Hindu office. The deployment was totally unwarranted and against the spirit of federalism, she said.

"There is absolutely no threat to Mr. N. Ram (Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu) or to The Hindu office as is being made out by the media. This decision of the Home Ministry would imply that the State Government cannot be trusted on a subject which is exclusively a State subject," she added. Opposing the move on the ground that it was "sub judice at the level of the Supreme Court," she said: "This direction of yours is absolutely unwarranted and an extremely unfortunate one. I presume you have not been posted with the correct information leading to this move."

"The very fact that this has been brought up to you only after two days by Mr. N. Ram clearly shows that it is his intention to blow up the whole situation and twist it in his favour to misguide the public and try to aggravate the situation which is totally normal," Ms. Jayalalithaa said.

Mr. Ram, she said, was already accorded security on the `X' scale by the State Government. "Despite this, any despatch of Central Security Force would cast a malicious slur on the State and cause irreparable damage to Centre-State relations. I trust you will see the merit in these irrefutable facts and refrain from any hasty action," she said and asked Mr. Advani to rescind the decision to deploy Central security force at The Hindu.

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