100 Tamil activists arrested for Kashmir protest

At least 100 activists of Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam (PDK) and other parties led by PDK president Kolathur Mani have been arrested for holding a sit-in Delhi recently against the killings of Kashmiri youth, a statement issued by Delhi Tamil Students Union said Saturday here.

A union member said, “Our members have been put under remand for 15 days for supporting Kashmiris. This clearly shows the panic of the Indian state with the oppressed nationalities uniting and fighting its brahminical stranglehold.”
The Tamil students union in Delhi said the Indian government and its media agents try to portray the Kashmiri struggle in communal overtones.
“This goebbelian propaganda is deliberately done to cover the fascist atrocities perpetrated by the Indian state on the Kashmiri people.”
The statement also called Indian assertions about Pakistani interference in Kashmir as “absurd”.
“It is for the Kashmiri people to decide who they want to go with or not go with. An Indian state and its army which is looting, raping and killing the Kashmiris should have no say in this,” students said.
The statement said Periyar stood by the right of the Kashmiris to self-determination while lambasting Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M Karunanidhi for claimingPeriyar legacy and cracking down on all democratic voices supporting various national-liberation struggles.
“As the situation stands in Tamil Nadu, anyone speaking in support of the Eelam Tamils or protesting against the Sri Lankan state are arrested under ridiculous charges, including the draconian NSA. Today’s arrest of the PDK activists who voiced their support of the Kashmiri struggle clearly shows the fascist nature of the Indian state and its stooge, the DMK government,” the statement added.