From: vigneswa@ecs.umass.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Subject: Swami Strikes Again! Victims: LTTE and Jayalalitha
Date: 1 Sep 92 11:32:24 GMT

	In our part of the world, LTTE is considered to be one of the very
powerful non-governmental organizations.  An Indian  politician drags LTTE
again in to the local politics of India. The following article is for your
"educational" purposes (so, no copyright violations!).  Is it  Subramaniam 
Swami or Swaninathan Swami?  I am not sure.

	Please  note that  Kugan who typed it in or Vicky  who posted this 
may not be questioned for someone else's view.....

Vicky:
UMass,Sep 01
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This item appears in the August 25, 1992 issue of the Times of India.


             JAYA GOT PROTECTION FROM LTTE: Swamy
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The Times of India News Service
Colombo, August 24

Dr Swaminathan Swamy, president, Janatha party, today  alleged 
Tamil Nadu  chief  minister, Ms J.Jayalalitha, had  sought and 
got  protection  from  the   LTTE  through  emissaries sent to 
Singapore and Paris at the end of June.

Addressing  a  crowded  Press  conference  here tody, Dr Swamy 
declined to name  the  emissary  but  said  that  it was not a 
government  official. According to Dr Swamy, the first meeting 
between the emissary and  a  representative of  the Tigers had 
taken place in June  in  Singapore. The Paris meeting was held 
later and the protection deal was worked out.

Dr Swamy said as a  result,  the  Jayalalitha  government  had 
slackened its action  against  the  LTTE  in  the  last month. 
Dr Swamy claimed  that  the  revived  smuggling  of  medicines 
and diesel to Sri  Lanka  was  also fall-out of the protection 
deal. When he  was  asked  whether  Central agencies including 
the coast guard  and  Indian  Navy  were  not also responsible 
for the renewed smuggling  activity, Dr  Swamy  did not agree. 
According  him,  the  Tamil  Nadu  police  were patrolling the 
hinterland  and the leak was allowed to happen by this agency, 
security  on the seas could not be made watertight.

Dr Swamy denied involvement in any move topple Ms Jayalalitha. 
He agreed that he had met with Dr Natarajan, whom he described 
as an old friend. Dr Natarajan has  been  credited with trying 
to engineer a split in the AIADMK . Dr  Swamy  said he had met 
some AIADMK MPs in  Delhi  and   also  Mr K .Rajaram,  whom Ms 
Jayalalitha  had  dropped after induction him as food minister 
when she took  office  last June. He agreed that he had met Dr 
Natarajan, Mr Rajaram and  Mr  S.Thirunavukkarasu,  leader  of 
the Anna purathithalaivar  Dravida  Munntera  Kazhagam  and  a 
Jayalalitha baiter, during his last visit to the metropolis.

DAYS NUMBERED. He said Ms Jayalalitha's days as chief minister 
were numbered. Asked on what he based his prediction, Dr Swamy 
said the  misdeeds of  the  Jajalalitha  government  had  been 
mounting and  she  would  be  convinced  that she had lost the 
mandate.

Dr Swamy said there was enormous corruption in the  Jayalalitha 
government.   He    alleged   the   involvement  of   low-level 
politicians from  the  state in havala (sp?) rackets in Bombay. 
Dr Swamy said from October 2 this year, he would  move to Tamil 
Nadu and set about the task  of  preparing  a  document  of Ms 
Jayalalitha's misdeeds.

He plans to tour the state and explain to the people  how  she 
had betrayed the  people.  Dr  Swamy  also  said  that  if  Ms 
Jayalalitha  did  not  change  her  dictatorial and corruptive 
style  of  functioning,  he  would  launch  a movement for her 
ouster. He claimed that the telephones of 28 prominent persons 
including  Mr  Cho Ramaswamy, journalists of THGLAAQ and other 
journalists  were being tapped by the Jayalalitha government.

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