TN govt
February 2, 2009
Tamil Nadu Government on Sunday asked the authorities to maintain law and order in the state on February 4, the day Sri Lankan Tamils Protection movement has called for a general strike seeking ceasefire in the island nation.
Describing the strike call as ‘against the Supreme Court’s verdict banning bandh’, an official release here said that the government has decided to maintain normal public transport and other essential services on the day.
The release said that a case, filed by the opposition AIADMK on the bandh call given by political parties on Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project (SSCP) last year, was pending before the apex court.
But there was no bandh and only a fast was undertaken during that period, it added.
Sri Lankan Tamils Protection movement, the umbrella organisation consisting of political parties like BJP, PMK, NCP and MDMK, has on Saturday called for the state bandh.
