(October 24, Chennai, Sri Lanka Guardian) Amidst mounting pressure on the State government to arrest film directors Bharathirajaa, Ameer and Seeman for their pro-LTTE speech made at the Rameswaram rally organised by the Tamil film fraternity recently, Seeman brazened it out, reiterating his stand over the issue.
On a day of muted public action, there was plenty of behind-the-scene drama as the temperature on the Lankan Tamil issue seemed to go past the boiling point.
Vaiko’s arrest yesterday certainly pushed the DMK government in a quandary as his words (for which he was arrested) was less incriminating than those that have been said by Seeman, Ameer and Bharathiraja.
And as Bharathiraja had called on Chief Minister M Karunanidhi yesterday, rumour mills were working over time. There were reports that he had met the Chief Minister to safeguard himself from the arrest.
Elsewhere, sources also had it that the law enforcement agencies were formally scanning the full speech of the film personalities at Rameshwaram. This was being done to lay charges on them, leading to their arrests later in the day.
But till late afternnoon, the trio of Seeman, Ameer and Bharathiraja were not visted by the police.
The law-enforcers were also busy with the security that needs to be in place for the massive human chain protest, in which Karunanidhi was set to partcipate Friday evening.
It is obvious from the various events that the pressure has got to the DMK government. The rasping words of the Congress and the AIADMK seem to have pushed the Karunanidh government into arresting Vaiko, as it had to show to the world that it was not sleeping on the matter.
Meanwhile, the Congress has demanded the arrest of Thirumavalavan and film directors Bharathirajaa, Seeman and Ameer for their ‘pro-LTTE’ remarks.
But this political theaterics do not seem to have affected Seeman Talking to News Today, a straight-talking and confident Seeman said, ‘I don’t consider my speech to be against the law. It reflected the sufferings of the Tamils in the neighbouring island nation’.
Stating that he doesn’t see a difference between Lankan Tamils and the LTTE, Seeman said that it (the fight in Lanka) was a crusade to protect themselves and their livelihood.
On his controversial speech, Seeman said, ‘in a democratic nation every one has a right to speak one’s mind. If a few people have a right to condemn a banned organisation, obviously a few should have the liberty to voice their feelings in support of the organisation. If it is denied, obviously it ceases to be a democratic nation and becomes a totalitarian regime’.
Stating that the Indian government was responsible for the killing of the Tamils in Sri Lanka as it was supplying arms and radar equipment to that country, he said an solution should be arrived at the earliest. - Sri Lanka Guardian
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