Unruly and illegal acts were an look of intolerance of the newspaper's criticism of pro-LTTE and pro-Eelam chauvinism in the Tamil Nadu political arena"
N. Ram, Editor-in-Chief of Hindu The, has powerfully condemned "the illegal acts of mischief and violence" by activists of the pro-LTTE fringe group, the Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam (PDK), along with a handful of anti-social rudiments, targeting the newspaper in three new incidents at Coimbatore and Erode.
"These unruly and illegal acts were an look of intolerance of the newspaper's criticism of pro-LTTE and pro-Eelam chauvinism in the Tamil Nadu political arena," he said in a statement, adding: "In our considered editorial assessment, these chauvinistic, pro-separatist tendencies are intensely inimical to the interests of the Indian people. Hearteningly, the overwhelming majority of the people of Tamil Nadu, who do not want a replay of the propaganda campaigns and violent behavior of the terrorist Tamil Tigers in one of India's most nonviolent States, firmly oppose these bigoted tendencies."
In his statement, Mr. Ram expressed approval over the prompt response of the police in Coimbatore and Erode to these illegal acts, which constituted "a threat to the physical safety of our journalists, non-journalistic staff, and others working for us, and to freedom of look, guaranteed beneath Article 19(1)(a) of the Indian Constitution."
Stronger action urged
He wanted the police and the Tamil Nadu Government to take stronger action under the law of the land against the extremist fringe clothes and the individuals, including lawyers, behind these illegal acts. "We wait for the police and the State government," Mr. Ram said, "to monitor and pursue seriously the prosecution of these cases, so that very good sentence under the law of the land is meted out to those who menace freedom of look in the cause of a barred terrorist organisation."
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