4th February 2009 - TN bandh for Lankan Tamils

The struggle of Sri Lankan Tamils will be the focus for a bandh in Tamil Nadu today but the state government termed the bandh called by a few political parties as illegal and warned that it would have to take all steps to uphold law and order on that day.
In a stern statement, it said it would do everything needed to maintain normal life came in the wake of protests against the Centre for its “inaction” in saving civilians in the island nation from the ongoing war. It came in the backdrop of ongoing protests assuming a strident pro-LTTE colour. However, the bandh’s organisers said they would go ahead with the protest.