However Tamil Eelam maintained their possession and continued to score. The first half ended 4:0, with Gvinthan and Prashanth Ragavan scoring.ĭarfur United came better into play during the second half and created several chances. Gvinthan opened the scoring, before Majouran headed the ball in from a corner. The Darfurians, all of whom live in a refugee camp in eastern Chad, started the game with 10 players, and as expected, Tamil Eelam controlled the game from the start. India holds the rebels responsible for the assassination of Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in May, 1991.In the last game for the team at this tournament, Tamil Eelam defeated a weakened Darfur United by ten goals to nil. Sri Lanka is considering lifting the ban on the LTTE but New Delhi has made it clear it will not follow suit. The arrest, which coincides with a visit to Colombo by newly appointed foreign minister Jashwant Sinha, could also complicate the Sri Lanka peace process. Vaiko's arrest may prove awkward for New Delhi as the MDMK is a partner of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's ruling coalition. 'Can you speak of Palestinians without referring to the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO)? Can you speak of Northern Ireland without referring to the Irish Republican Army (IRA)?'' he asked. I have expressed my views in parliament and I am consistent about it,'' he said in the Times report. Thousands of MDMK members were also arrested Vaiko said the Tamil Nadu government had abused the emergency legislation which was introduced to counter cross-border militancy from Pakistani soil. He also attacked his arrest under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA). 'We will mobilize public opinion and continue the relentless fight until Jayalalithaa's government is overthrown.' 'Ours is a party committed to peace and democracy,' he was quoted as saying by the Times of India news network on Friday. Jayalalithaa and accused him of launching a 'political vendetta' against him and his party. Vaiko, who will appear before a magistrate on Friday, hit out at Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. They are currently observing a permanent truce ahead of anticipated peace talks with the majority Sinhalese government. The LTTE have been fighting for two decades in Sri Lanka for a separate homeland for the country's ethnic Tamils. The arrest follows a speech that Vaiko allegedly delivered in June in support of the Tiger rebels - the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) - who are banned as a terrorist group in India. The leader of the regional MDMK party, known as Vaiko, was arrested on Thursday as he stepped off a commercial flight at Chennai in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.Īs many as 2,000 other MDMK members - most of them Tamil - were also picked up across the state ahead of Vaiko's return. NEW DELHI, India - A leading Indian politician has accused state government officials of abusing new anti-terror laws after being arrested for expressing support for Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels.

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