MDMK chief Vaiko promises lifting ban on LTTE

Chennai: The MDMK led by pro-LTTE leader Vaiko has released its manifesto. Vaiko has joined the DMDK-BJP led alliance in Tamil Nadu.

The manifesto promises lifting of the ban on terrorist organisation LTTE and making Tamil one of the official languages in India.

Main points of the manifesto:

Increased autonomy to states: Centre to allocate 50 per cent of Central taxes income to states

Tamil as one of the official languages in country

Referendum in Lanka, separate Eelam the only solution

Implement 27 per cent reservation in educational institutions like IITs, IIMs and AIIMS

Promote secularism

Interlinking of rivers

Remove ban on LTTE

Abolish death penalty

Sethusamudram project to go ahead after convincing fishermen and looking into environmental impact

Shut down Kudankulam nuclear plant

Demand for separate Agriculture Budget

Ban futures trading on essential commodities

Implement ban on illegal sand mining effectively

Demand for branch of Supreme Court in Chennai

Retrieve black money stashed abroad