Viduthalai Chiruththaikal Kadchi (VCK, Liberation Panthers Party) President Thol. Thirumavalavan on Friday urged the Indian Government to conduct a referendum among the sixty five million people of Tamil Nadu on the extension of LTTE ban
"You are deciding against my people--whom have you consulted before you took such a decision?" he questioned. "Is a nation's foreign policy something that can be decided by four officials? Is there a single Tamil among those authorities? Have you taken the opinion of the people of Tamil Nadu? Did you seek the opinion of the members of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly? Did you consult the Indian parliamentarians hailing from Tamil Nadu? Did you debate this in both the houses of the Parliament? Did you seek the opinion of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Kalaignar [Karunanidhi] who represents the people of Tamil Nadu? Whom did you consult? If the Indian Government and the Indian National Congress really have the courage, let them announce that they dislike the creation of Tamil Eelam and then face the elections. They cannot do that."
