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Vaiko exit from NDA shows BJP's cultural nationalism a dud in Tamil Nadu
Vaiko walking out of the NDA in Tamil Nadu is no big deal, but what it portends is really bad news for the BJP because its best selling model of cultural nationalism will be a dud in the state and soon, it will be devoid of allies.
As a result, if the BJP doesn’t devise a unique strategy, that is distinctively different from its policy on Gita, Sanskrit and Sri Lanka, its revival in Tamil Nadu is likely to be a non-starter. In the coming days, more allies — first the PMK and then probably even the DMDK — will be forced to take a stand on these issues, which will push the BJP into an unviable position that Congress has landed itself
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Vaiko calls on EU, bats for referendum in Lanka
Chennai: MDMK General Secretary Vaiko today called on European Union Ambassador Joao Cravinho and other representatives of the EU member countries here and sought their support for the “need for a referendum” among Tamils in Sri Lanka.
Vaiko called on Cravinho who is heading a delegation of ambassadors representing various EU member countries currently on a three-day visit to Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. He discussed a host of issues including the plight of Tamils in Sri Lanka and the “need for a referendum” among them in the island nation.
“The help and contribution of European Union countries in holding a referendum on the Tamils issue in Sri Lanka is very essential,” he said.
He also discussed the national and Tamil Nadu political scenario besides commercial and cultural links between EU member countries and India. The MDMK chief also gave compact disc copies of his speech on the travails of Tamils in Sri Lanka.
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