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	The Hindu : MDMK strategy session soon
		The MDMK leadership will meet in Chennai early next week to work out a strategy, in the wake of the arrest of its general secretary, Vaiko, under the Prevention of Terrorism Act.
		The MDMK is in no hurry to begin another round of agitation to force the State Government to release its leader, though it is keen on capitalising on the Vaiko arrest episode to revitalise the party.
		Meanwhile, the party functionaries said that while the MDMK condemned the assassination of the former Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, individual events should not decide the fate of the entire Tamil race.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2002/07/14/stories/2002071404620100.htm (547 words)

	Business Standard Ltd.
		The withdrawal of the DMK and the MDMK from the NDA is being seen as an index of growing disenchantment among NDA allies with the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Tamil Nadu unit.
		That the DMK and the MDMK had taken objection to the BJP’s overtures to Jayalalithaa was evident by the manner in which both the Dravidian parties attacked the state BJP leadership.
		On whether the MDMK took this decision mainly because the DMK took a similar stand, Ganesan said, “It is not the case.
	www.business-standard.com /search/storypage_new.php?leftnm=lmnu2&leftindx=2&lselect=1&autono=1917 (689 words)

	rediff.com: MDMK free to leave NDA: Karunanidhi
		Karunanidhi told reporters at the DMK headquarters that the MDMK was welcome to leave the alliance and that his party would not stand in their way.
		Vaiko had been holding consultations with party functionaries on the course of action to be taken, even as MDMK workers held demonstrations at the party office against the raw deal given to the party by the DMK.
		On the possibility of a rapproachment, he pointed out that the MDMK cadres were holding demonstrations, pasting posters all over the city and also demanding that they go it alone in the elections.
	in.rediff.com /news/2001/mar/30tn.htm (421 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation
		The MDMK chief has been in Vellore jail since his arrest on July 11, 2002, for speaking in favour of the banned LTTE at a public meeting near Madurai.
		Referring to his July 2002 speech that landed him in jail, the MDMK leader said his remarks should be viewed in their “totality”, for his allusion to the LTTE was one of many statements he had made at the party’s ninth anniversary celebrations.
		Before the MDMK leader began speaking, the public prosecutor said he could no longer argue the case as the advocate-general himself wanted to appear in court.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040122/asp/nation/story_2812502.asp (563 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		COIMBATORE: MDMK treasurer and Union Minister M Kannappan on Thursday said he was "not afraid of arrest under POTA" and was "ready to face any consequences" for his recent remarks that his party would continue to support banned LTTE.
		Stating that MDMK had extended only moral support to LTTE, for that matter any organisation, which was fighting for the cause of Tamils in Sri Lanka, he said his party had not given any direct support or by way of arms or funds.
		MDMK was 'sailing smoothly' in the NDA and the alliance for the coming Lok Sabha polls, which was one year away, cannot be spelt now, Kannappan said.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/xml/uncomp/articleshow?msid=189078 (806 words)

	Reality© News - PMK and MDMK Asked to Stop Supporting LTTE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Moopanar's Tamil Maanila Congress has asked the two pro-LTTE parties to reconsider its alliance with the ruling NDA as their stand on the Sri Lankan issues was totally different from that of the government at the Centre.
		TMC General Secretary K. hagiri charged the PMK and MDMK with double standards - they were issuing statements in the Tigers support even after accepting the Centre's stand of not intervening militarily in the Sri Lankan issues, he said.
		MDMK Chief, Vaiko was carrying on a campaign for the LTTE under the pretext of organising a rally in support of Eelam Tamils, he alleged.
	www.realityofsrilanka.com /025June00.htm (268 words)

	:::vaiko.info::: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The chairman of the MDMK presidium, L. Ganesan, said his party had taught a lesson to the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, by completing the renaissance walk successfully.
		MDMK leader Vaiko along with six of his supporters was taken into custody yearly this morning as he defied a government ban and took out a procession in Chennai in Tamil Nadu early on Wednesday.
		The MDMK leader wanted to end his "renaissance walk" across 15 districts in Tamil Nadu by coming in a procession from the southern entry point of Chennai and address a public meeting on Wednesday afternoon.
	www.vaiko.info (682 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - Security (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Vaiko's MDMK is part of the ruling BJP-led coalition government in New Delhi but is in opposition to the state government.
		Late Wednesday, the MDMK leader told reporters in the western commercial hub of Bombay soon after his arrival from the United States that he would challenge the warrant issued against him legally.
		The MDMK leader, as a partner in the ruling coalition in New Delhi, had supported the passage of the anti-terror law, which was approved by a joint session of parliament on March 26.
	www.dailynews.lk /2002/07/12/sec01.html (567 words)

	India - News - Discord Between DMK And MDMK Before Polls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		MDMK leader Vaiko is determined to fight the DMK in 211 of the 234 Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
		Last Wednesday, after a BJP rally in Tiruchi, party president Jana Krishnamurthy said: "The BJP would not be sharing a platform with the MDMK." But Vaiko continues to assert that he would remain in the NDA.
		MDMK's Ramachandran is said to have met DMK poll panel member Durai Murugan, a senior minister in the Karunanidhi cabinet.
	www3.estart.com /india/news/vaiko1.html (512 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: Tigers cast a shadow over MDMK's Madras rally
		Real trouble started when Sangoli, the MDMK's mouthpiece, published a long list of slogans which alone should be shouted at the rally to commemorate the 90th birth anniversary of the party's patron-saint, the late C N Annadurai.
		Though aimed at assuaging the feelings of its AIADMK ally by specifically excluding references to MDMK supremo Vaiko as the 'future chief minister of Tamil Nadu', there were positive references to the LTTE in the list.
		According to MDMK sources, a senior IB official once posted in Madras but now working in a central Indian state capital, was being used to plant stories against the rally, at higher places.
	www.rediff.com /news/1998/sep/07sm.htm (797 words)

	The Hindu : MDMK will go ahead with poll plans: Vaiko
		The MDMK general secretary, Mr.Vaiko, today asserted that his party would go ahead with its plans to contest in 213 of the 234 Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu, even as the NDA-initiated moves to bring about an MDMK-DMK rapproachment have hit a blind alley.
		The MDMK's meetings in districts to raise funds for the elections were virtually political conferences, at which Mr.Vaiko gave so much prominence to the NDA and the DMK leader.
		Vaiko said, the MDMK set up 30 panels whose members left for the districts assigned to them to interact with the aspirants and assess the situation.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2001/04/08/stories/04082233.htm (525 words)

	Dinakaran Election 2001 Forumten
		MDMK's position is a perfect example of "Maanilathil Suyatchi, Mathiyil Kootachi".
		If MDMK surpasses this acid test, then it is good for the future.
		So, there are lot of chances that BJP and MDMK will become one of the challenging alliance in TN in the near future.
	www.dinakaran.com /dncgibin/election2001?TBL=ten&DBname=useexpdise (265 words)

	NetguruIndia Chennai Regional News Main Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		May 15: The PMK and MDMK, the NDA partners in Tamil Nadu which maintain a pro-Eelam stand, have preferred not to oppose the renewal of the ban on the LTTE by the centre.
		While the PMK and the MDMK had demanded lifting of the ban on the LTTE, yet their leadership is not keen to embarrass the Vajpayee government.
		The MDMK general secretary, Vaiko, stated at Pudukottai though the party favoured lifting of ban, it would respect the views of the NDA Government on the issue.
	www.netguruindia.com /news/may00/che16may00.html (1510 words)

	A crackdown in Tamil Nadu
		She contended that the MDMK deserved to be banned because its executive committee had passed a resolution that the very purpose of the existence of the party and its participation in the Union government was to support Sri Lankan Tamils.
		He claimed that the MDMK would not be "browbeaten by her intimidatory tactics" and it would, "by mobilising people's power, throw out Jayalalithaa's fascist regime".
		Vaiko and eight other MDMK leaders were arrested under Sections 21(2) and 21(3) of POTA, Section 13(1) (a) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and Sections 109 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
	www.flonnet.com /fl1915/19150200.htm (2267 words)

	rediff.com: Cops' transfer: Vaiko sings a different tune
		The MDMK is the second NDA partner after the Indian National Lok Dal to oppose the Centre's move.
		On earlier occasions, the MDMK leader had made it a point to be present at the swearing-in ceremony.
		According to party sources, the MDMK is preparing itself for the emerging situation in the light of the Tansi case.
	inhome.rediff.com /news/2001/sep/01tn1.htm (244 words)

	The Hindu : BJP upset with MDMK
		The State BJP is irked at the attitude of the MDMK which fielded candidates against it even while remaining part of the NDA at the Centre.
		At that time, the MDMK decided not to field candidates in constituencies where the BJP was in the fray.
		With the MDMK showing no such favour in the civic polls, the State BJP leadership is making its displeasure known in no uncertain terms.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2001/10/29/stories/04292233.htm (444 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Nation
		MDMK ministers Gingee N. Ramachandran and M. Kannappan talk to mediapersons outside the Prime Minister’s residence in New Delhi on Tuesday after tendering their resignations.
		The MDMK is the fifth party to pull out of the BJP-led government, the earlier ones being the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) of Mr Ajit Singh, the National Conference, the Lok Janshakti of Mr Ramvilas Paswan and the DMK.
		The remark of MDMK leader assumes significance as Mr Karunanidhi had said yesterday in Chennai that “there is a place for everyone” in the new alliance against the AIADMK.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2003/20031231/nation.htm (4021 words)

	History of MDMK, vaiko youth leader in Tamilnadu, MDMK Leader, vaiko mdmk
		MDMK Another regional outfit on the lines of other dravidian parties has been started in 1994 by Mr.
		This MDMK leader was the first political leader, to declare that if voted to power, his govt.
		This hard working MDMK leader started a party weekly called Sangoli, which carried news and write ups for party workers.
	www.vaiko-mdmk.com /history_of_mdmk.html (569 words)

	MDMK Rally in Erode, Tamil Nadu - 1 July 2000
		A pro-LTTE procession by the MDMK ahead of its two-day conference made a hero out of Velupillai Pirabhakaran here today, throwing to the winds Mr Gopalasamy Vaiko’s promise to the Prime Minister that his party would not embarrass the NDA over Eelam.
		The people of Tamil Nadu have more in common with the citizens of Jaffna and other Tamil strongholds in Sri Lanka, than the UP and Bihari bhaiyas or the Shiv Sainiks of Mumbai who hate the Tamilians.
		Of course, the DMK, MDMK and the PMK had to ally themselves temporarily with the North-dominated National Democratic Alliance but Vaiko and company know that the weak Central structure would crumble one day.
	www.tamilnation.org /intframe/india/mdmkrally.htm (1321 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The withdrawal by the MDMK, which has four MPs, and the DMK, which has 11, is unlikely to affect the stability of the Vajpayee-led government.
		Ganesan said the pullout from the NDA was inevitable under the “changing circumstances in both the state and national politics”, and in the backdrop of the party’s position not to take an adversarial line towards the DMK.
		The MDMK had first aligned with the BJP in the 1998 Lok Sabha polls.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1031230/asp/nation/story_2733281.asp (663 words)

	INDOlink - India General News - MDMK Follows In DMK’s Footsteps, Pulls Out Of NDA Govt.
		The vital decision was taken at a meeting of the district secretaries of the MDMK in Chennai attended among others by the two Union Ministers Gingee N Ramachandran and M Kannappan, who were to put in their papers any time in the wake of the decision.
		The MDMK meeting was held after the two ministers and the MDMK presidium chairman L Ganesan met Vaiko in Vellore prison last week in the wake of DMK's decision to break with the Vajpayee government.
		Ruling out possibility of the MDMK reconsidering its decision to come out of the NDA, Ganesan told reporters relationship between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the MDMK was "good", though there were "hick-ups, now and then".
	www.indolink.com /displayArticleS.php?id=122903024703 (756 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
		The decision of the MDMK, which has four members in the Lok Sabha, was taken “keeping in mind BJP’s overtures to forge an alliance with the AIADMK.” Together, DMK and MDMK have 15 members in the Lok Sabha.
		Asked whether the MDMK took this decision mainly because the DMK took a similar stand, Mr Ganesan said : “It is not the case.
		Reacting to the decision of the MDMK to toe the DMK line, BJP spokesman Prakash Javadekar said the party was sad because an ally, who had closely worked with the BJP, had chosen to withdraw its members from the coalition.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2003/20031230/main2.htm (497 words)

	MSN India - MDMK’s Vaiko arrested under POTA :: News Section
		The MDMK chief was arrested under the new anti-terror law for his pro-LTTE statements.
		The MDMK is a constituent of the NDA at the Centre and the Union government seems to be helpless over the development since law and order is a state subject.
		While some experts are of the view that the open declaration of support to the LTTE is a direct violation, others feel that his statements can be taken as a personal opinion and do not tantamount to support.
	autofeed.msn.co.in /pandora/output/69A4839F-844B-4F48-8975-EA2524FB36FB.asp (957 words)

	[No title]
		The MDMK pulled out of the NDA on Monday, days after its ally the DMK quit the ruling alliance.
		The two MDMK ministers at the Centre — M. Kannappan and Gingee N. Ramachandran — will put in their papers on Tuesday.
		MDMK president L. Ganesan said the move was prompted by the need to keep its ties with the DMK intact to fight Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalitha's "dictatorial" regime and the NDA government's lukewarm response to its appeals for freeing party leader Vaiko, who Jayalalitha has jailed under Pota.
	www.bjp.org /Newspaper/Dec_3003nb.htm (91 words)

	The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : MDMK tells Centre not to divest in BHEL
		The MDMK had also demanded a rollback of the hike in the prices of petrol and diesel.
		Mr.Vaiko recalled the MDMK's fight to retain the Neyveli Lignite Corporation in the public sector during the earlier Vajpayee Government.
		The MDMK wanted the Centre to introduce a Constitutional amendment to nationalise rivers and ensure that States abided by the rulings of the tribunals.
	www.hindu.com /2005/07/13/stories/2005071310480400.htm (748 words)

	Vandavasi Constituency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The former Union Minister of MDMK, Gingee N Ramachandran is contesting the seat and opposing him is Rajalakshmi Rajan of AIADMK, a woman candidate and the president of Polur Panchayat.
		It cannot be ascertained what prompted the PMK to part with this constituency and spare it for the alliance partner MDMK, when it is considered a PMK stronghold and especially since it had got elected two of its members to Parliament from here.
		Most of the electorate is familiar with MDMK candidate Gingee Ramachandran, who though considered an "outsider", visited the constituency often when he was Union minister and also as MP for two terms.
	www.chennaionline.com /election04/vandavasi.asp (725 words)

	The Indian Express: Top stories: Full story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		All he said was that ‘‘they (MDMK) would continue to be there, even though the party had moved out of the alliance in TN’’.
		MDMK general secretary Vaiko should not use Vajpayee’s photographs for electioneering, Joshi said.
		Addressing a mediaconference arranged by the Reporters’ Guild, the minister criticised the Congress for patronising oppurtunism and double standards by teaming up with the CPI (M) in Tamil Nadu, when the party was its main opponent in states like Kerala.
	www.indianexpress.com /ie20010507/nat14.html (278 words)

	INDOlink - India General News - After 18 Months In Jail, MDMK Leader Vaiko Freed On Bail
		Chennai, Feb. 7 (NNN): MDMK leader Vaiko was finally released on Saturday after nearly months of incarceration in the Vellore prison under the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA).
		The MDMK leader said he had great regard for Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee but took exception to his remark in Kanyakumari when he said that Tamilnadu had made impressive strides on the socio-economic fronts.
		Vaiko, the general secretary of the MDMK, is the first MP in the country to be detained under POTA.
	www.indolink.com /displayArticleS.php?id=020704122600 (371 words)

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