Paramakudi villagers oppose video shows

By Our Staff Reporter

RAMANATHAPURAM, JULY 13. Volunteers of the DMK in this district have opposed the Government's decision to organise video shows of the June 30 arrest of the former Chief Minister, Mr. M. Karunanidhi, in rural areas, and to telecast the clippings through cable TV channels.

People belonging to two villages in the Paramakudi union asked the Information and Public Relations Department not to organise the shows in their villages last night. The department could organise the video shows only in three villages because of resistance from the people who told the organisers that the memories of `police excesses' committed during the arrest of former Chief Minister still haunted them.

The department, had issued oral orders to officers concerned that they organise the video shows every day at least in 15 villages, according to sources.

Screening at Thiruvaiyaru

In the Thiruvaiyaru panchayat union, in Thanjavur district, the tapes were screened from the video van of the Information and Public Relations Department at 10 places today.

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