However Tamil Eelam maintained their possession and continued to score. The first half ended 4:0, with Gvinthan and Prashanth Ragavan scoring.ĭarfur United came better into play during the second half and created several chances. Gvinthan opened the scoring, before Majouran headed the ball in from a corner. The Darfurians, all of whom live in a refugee camp in eastern Chad, started the game with 10 players, and as expected, Tamil Eelam controlled the game from the start. In 2004, the constituency was retained by his party MDMK, when it partnered with the Congress and the DMK.In the last game for the team at this tournament, Tamil Eelam defeated a weakened Darfur United by ten goals to nil. Vaiko was elected an MP in 19 from Sivakasi (redrawn as Virudunagar by the Constituency Delimitation Commission). Throughout the campaign, he lambasts the Karunanidhi government for the low-quality PDS rice, frequent power cuts, neglect of the farm sector, corruption, nepotism, and of course, its inability to influence alliance partner Congress to bully Colombo. But reporters highlight what I have say about Lankan Tamils,” he says. I have been speaking about all problems faced by Tamils. “My opponents are saying I don’t have anything else to talk about but the Lankan problem.

With his hand on the voters’ pulse, Vaiko treads cautiously. We can only give it to cows and goats.” The widow, who earns Rs900 from her work at a local school and pays Rs200 as rent for her house in Avalsoorampatti, has to buy rice at Rs22 a kilo. “Smell this rice we get from the ration shop for Re1. One Gangammal fetches a handful of rice from the kitchen. So we don’t like any party,” says Sokkamma, who works in one of the numerous small-scale matchstick-making units in this district. These parties also give them liquor at poll time. Everyday our men come home drunk and beat us up. The other problems like power cut have always been there, no matter which party rules.” Don’t vote for the ‘hand’ stained with Tamil blood,” he thunders at Avalsoorampatti, 4 km off NH.Īs Vaiko winds up his speech, Chandra Mohan, a merchant in Chennampatti, says, “Sri Lankan problem is the main issue in this election. Whatever relief India army sends reaches the Sinhalese. “Thousands of Tamils are being murdered in Lanka. He then paints the plight of Tamil civilians in all its gory details. Muthukumar embraced this fire, for the Lankan Tamils.,” Vaiko says, invoking memories of Muthukumar, who set himself afire in Chennai on January 29. The Lanka issue indeed threatens to shatter Congress’ dream in Virudunagar. Congress candidate Manik Tagore, who is pitted against the MDMK chief, knows the power of his opponent - the most vociferous supporter of Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka. With his trademark black shawl, Vaiko definitely looks formidable.

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