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POLITICAL STRUGGLES:

The Political mafia of Pondicherry went on grabbing houses of French Nationals and Indian citizens with the help of fake documents and Dravida Peravai took the lead in writing to the French President Jacques Chirac(THE ASIAN AGE 10.10.98). 15 parties sat on a hunger strike demanding probe by Central Bureau of Investigation on December 1 1998. 12 parties went to Delhi and met Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on 17.12.98 and presented a 120 page memorandum. 7 parties staged agitation in front of Central Bureau of Investigation Office at Chennai on 3.5.99. CBI came to Pondicherry and began the probe on 8.5.99. Inspite of threats to life Dravida Peravai coordinated these all party efforts and led the struggle. THE WEEK(6 DECEMBER 1998), OUTLOOK(14.6.99)JUNIOR VIKATAN(11.11.98) etc, and numerous weeklies and dailies have carried plenty of writeups on Dravida Peravai's role in taming the mafia. Mr. Ira. Azhagiri, General Secretary of Gandhi Kamaraj National Congress was the Joint Co-ordinator in these struggles.


STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES:

In support of Tibetians at Delhi Jantar Mantar on the day of their 45th day of hungerstrike (24.4.1998) Dravida Peravai extended solidarity.

Dravida Peravai wrote to the Karnataka Chief Minister J.H. Patel urging the release of 350 Tamils detained under Tada.(THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS 26.6.99)

Dravida Peravai wrote to Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Shariff to secure the release of Tamilnadu fishermen detained in the prisons of Pakistan (THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS 9.8.99)Dravida Peravai volunteer corps agitated before Head Post Office demanding Indian Governments intervention (21.8.99 THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS)



STRUGGLE TO CLEANSE THE JUDICIARY:

Dravida Peravai's struggle to ensure clean judiciary in Pondicherry state along with the Bar Association of Pondicherry is reported in Junior Vikatan 12.4.98.



STRUGGLE FOR FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS:

Pondicherry parties cutting across party lines have enlisted bogus voters in house number 0. In every constituency approximately 200 voters were thus included. Dravida Peravai complained to Election Commission of India.(THE NEW INIDAN EXPRESS 7.7.99)



ISSUES PLACED BEFORE 99 PARLIAMENTARY POLLS:

Dravida Peravai had been striving to make Indian governments accept the interlinking of Indian rivers to herald a green revolution in rural India. In 1998 election manifesto though DP did not contest this was given priority. Fortunately since Mr. GEORGE FERNANDES is the Coordinator of National Democratic Alliance this was taken up for discussion there and in a letter to Dravida Peravai he promised that interlinking of nation's rivers will be high on the agenda if a new government led by NDA is voted to power.



RETRIVAL OF LOST TERRITORY URGED:

Pondicherry Aug.28: The General Secretary of Dravida Peravai N. Nandhivarman in a memorandum drew the attention of the Prime Minister that from 240,300.20 square kilometers of area in Jammu&Kashmir had shrunk to 222.236 square kilometers not because of any new aggression but because of bureaucratic lethargy in preparation of maps. He blamed Congress Rule and successive Prime Ministers for allowing publication of maps with variations detrimental to Indian national interests. (THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS (29.08.99)

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