<p> Backing a separate Eelam (homeland) for Sri Lankan Tamils, DMK president M Karunanidhi has sought revival of the Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation (TESO).<br /><br /></p>.<p>Addressing a public meeting at Kolathur, the constituency of his son and party treasurer MK Stalin last night, he called for a peaceful and democratic struggle to achieve this purpose.<br />"The Sri Lankan President may reject the idea, but it will be my endeavour," he said.<br /><br />The DMK patriarch, associated in the 1980s with TESO which went into oblivion later, sought its revival with the help of leaders, including Dravidar Kazhagam president K Veeramani.<br /><br />He sought a referendum for this purpose by the United Nations and India, an issue he has raised repeatedly in the last few days. He had said he was not asking for a military intervention by India like it did in the liberation of Bangladesh.</p>
<p> Backing a separate Eelam (homeland) for Sri Lankan Tamils, DMK president M Karunanidhi has sought revival of the Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation (TESO).<br /><br /></p>.<p>Addressing a public meeting at Kolathur, the constituency of his son and party treasurer MK Stalin last night, he called for a peaceful and democratic struggle to achieve this purpose.<br />"The Sri Lankan President may reject the idea, but it will be my endeavour," he said.<br /><br />The DMK patriarch, associated in the 1980s with TESO which went into oblivion later, sought its revival with the help of leaders, including Dravidar Kazhagam president K Veeramani.<br /><br />He sought a referendum for this purpose by the United Nations and India, an issue he has raised repeatedly in the last few days. He had said he was not asking for a military intervention by India like it did in the liberation of Bangladesh.</p>
