The Delhi State Committee of the Party held a demonstration outside the Parliament in New Delhi on 16 February in protest against the ongoing war on the Tamils in Sri Lanka. The protest meeting was addressed by CPI(ML) Delhi State Secretary Com. Sanjay Sharma, AISA State Secretary Rajan Pande, Delhi State Committee member Santosh Rai, AIPWA National Secretary Kavita Krishnan and others. Co- inciding with the Delhi demonstration, all over Tamil Nadu & Puduchery CPI(ML) activists came out on streets demanding the Manmohan-led UPA Govt. to stop all military aid to Sri Lanka and pressurize the Rajapakse Govt. to stop the war massacring the Tamil minorities in Srilanka immediately and start a political process for a democratic resolution. Starting from Kanyakumari to Chennai, Sirkazhi (Nagappattinam dist.) to Coimbatore, Party and mass organization leaders and activists assembled on the streets. Politburo member Com. S. Kumarasamy participated in Pudukottai demonstration. Com. Balasundaram, State Secretary of the party took part in Ulundurpet (Villupuram Dist.). Apart from these, demonstrations were held in Salem, Kumarapalayam, Kattu Mannar Koil (Cuddalore dist.) and Tirunelveli. In Puducherry, Balasubramanian, State Secretary and Balasundaram, State secretary of Tamil Nadu, led the demonstration. Also on February 4th, CPI(ML) State units of Tamil Nadu and Puduchery observed a state-wide general strike on the same issue. Party cadres were arrested in Villupuram Dist. for enforcing the strike call.
