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Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief Vaiko on Tuesday charged the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government with letting loose repression against MDMK men by arresting main leaders of his party, invoking the provisions of Prevention of Terrorism Act.
Describing the arrests as 'political vendetta', in a statement from Chicago, he appealed to the party volunteers to maintain calm and restraint, without giving room for violence.
He said he would be returning to Chennai as scheduled on July 11.
Meanwhile, MDMK presidium chairman L Ganesan, in a statement, said a conspiracy has been hatched to arrest Vaiko on his return.
He said MDMK would go ahead with its agitation on July 12 holding demonstrations in all taluk and district headquarters.
Ganesan alleged that the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa was bent upon portraying LTTE chief V Prabhakaran and the Sri Lankan Tamils, who were fighting for protecting their 'self respect' as terrorists and those who were supporting them like Vaiko as 'anti-nationals'.
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