Marumalarachi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) party members, Tamil Nadu, protested outside Sri Lankan High Commissioner on Wednesday over Sinhalese objection to MDMK general secretary Vaiko&#39;s speech at a UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) meet.

The party members expressed their condemnation of the act in their slogans and also burnt Sri Lankan flags while protested, reported ANI.

Vaiko, the general secretary of MDMK, was delivering a speech on the genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka at UNHRC, Geneva after which a lady and four jawans accosted him and threatened for speaking in defence of Lankan Tamils, said a protesting party member to ANI.

He further said demanding the Indian government to call Sri Lankan High Commissioner to condemn this attitude. People of Tamil Nadu will think themselves as the second class citizens if the government failed to do so, he added.

On Monday, Vaiko claimed that he was accosted by a Sri Lankan woman and former army personnel at UN Human Rights Council in Geneva where he raised concerns over the atrocities committed by the army and the government machinery against the Tamil civilians in the island nation in his speech. &nbsp;

MDMK protested after Sinhalese objected Vaiko's speech at UN Human Rights Council

Marumalarachi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) party members, Tamil Nadu, protested outside Sri Lankan High Commissioner on Wednesday over Sinhalese objection to MDMK general secretary Vaiko's speech at a UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) meet. The party members expressed their condemnation of the act in their slogans and also burnt Sri Lankan flags while protested, reported ANI. Vaiko, the general secretary of MDMK, was delivering a speech on the genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka at UNHRC, Geneva after which a lady and four jawans accosted him and threatened for speaking in defence of Lankan Tamils, said a protesting party member to ANI. He further said demanding the Indian government to call Sri Lankan High Commissioner to condemn this attitude. People of Tamil Nadu will think themselves as the second class citizens if the government failed to do so, he added. On Monday, Vaiko claimed that he was accosted by a Sri Lankan woman and former army personnel at UN Human Rights Council in Geneva where he raised concerns over the atrocities committed by the army and the government machinery against the Tamil civilians in the island nation in his speech.

Tamil Nadu: MDMK party members protests outside Sri Lankan High Commissioner

The row over former President APJ Abdul Kalam&#39;s memorial has snowballed further with the Hindu Makkal Katchi (HMK) objecting to the placing of a Quran and Bible next to a sculpture of the Bhagavad Gita.&nbsp;

The books were placed there by President Kalam&#39;s family.&nbsp;

Their intention was to say that the former president was &quot;above religion&quot;.&nbsp;

The memorial to Kalam -- in his hometown of Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu -- was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 27.&nbsp;

The controversy erupted after one of the statues of the former president unveiled at the inauguration ceremony showed Kalam playing the veena with a copy of the Gita placed before him.&nbsp;

The row was initially triggered by protests by MDMK chief Vaiko who questioned the appropriateness of placing the Gita before the statue of Kalam given his image as someone who was above religion.

The Hindu newspaper reported Vaiko as saying associating Kalam with Thirukural, a classic of Tamil literature -- Kalam was reportedly fondest of it -- would have been more appropriate.

Following which, the Hindu reported, Kalam&#39;s grandnephew APJM Sheik Saleem placed a copy of the Quran and the Bible near the sculpture of the Bhagavad Gita.&nbsp;

The Hindu Makkal Katchi has objected to the placing of a Quran and Bible next to a sculpture of the Bhagavad Gita

The row over former President APJ Abdul Kalam's memorial has snowballed further with the Hindu Makkal Katchi (HMK) objecting to the placing of a Quran and Bible next to a sculpture of the Bhagavad Gita. The books were placed there by President Kalam's family. Their intention was to say that the former president was "above religion". The memorial to Kalam -- in his hometown of Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu -- was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 27. The controversy erupted after one of the statues of the former president unveiled at the inauguration ceremony showed Kalam playing the veena with a copy of the Gita placed before him. The row was initially triggered by protests by MDMK chief Vaiko who questioned the appropriateness of placing the Gita before the statue of Kalam given his image as someone who was above religion. The Hindu newspaper reported Vaiko as saying associating Kalam with Thirukural, a classic of Tamil literature -- Kalam was reportedly fondest of it -- would have been more appropriate. Following which, the Hindu reported, Kalam's grandnephew APJM Sheik Saleem placed a copy of the Quran and the Bible near the sculpture of the Bhagavad Gita.

Row over Kalam statue with Gita next to it snowballs

V Gopalsamy, also known as Vaiko, founder of the political party Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), was denied entry into Malaysia on Friday&nbsp;at Kuala Lumpur airport.&nbsp;He was interrogated by&nbsp;officials for his alleged links with the&nbsp;Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

In this video below,&nbsp;MDMK supporters protest in front of the Malaysian Consulate in Chennai.

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The LTTE, founded by Velupillai Prabhakaran in 1976, is a terrorist organisation based in northeastern Sri Lanka seeking to establish an independent Tamil state.

Ramasamy Palanisamy, deputy chief minister of Malaysian state Panag, invited Vaiko to attend his daughter&#39;s wedding on&nbsp;June 10.

Vaiko&#39;s name featured in the list of people who are dangerous. After hours of questioning he was denied permission to enter Malaysia.

Airport authorities specified that Vaiko&nbsp;is a member of LTTE. He will be returning Chennai tonight. LTTE has been accused of assassinating&nbsp;India&#39;s&nbsp;former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, and since then the group&nbsp;has been outlawed in India.

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Vaiko's alleged links with the terrorist group LTTE made Malaysian authorities detain and question him

V Gopalsamy, also known as Vaiko, founder of the political party Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), was denied entry into Malaysia on Friday at Kuala Lumpur airport. He was interrogated by officials for his alleged links with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). In this video below, MDMK supporters protest in front of the Malaysian Consulate in Chennai. The LTTE, founded by Velupillai Prabhakaran in 1976, is a terrorist organisation based in northeastern Sri Lanka seeking to establish an independent Tamil state. Ramasamy Palanisamy, deputy chief minister of Malaysian state Panag, invited Vaiko to attend his daughter's wedding on June 10. Vaiko's name featured in the list of people who are dangerous. After hours of questioning he was denied permission to enter Malaysia. Airport authorities specified that Vaiko is a member of LTTE. He will be returning Chennai tonight. LTTE has been accused of assassinating India's former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, and since then the group has been outlawed in India.

Vaiko: MDMK party founder denied entry into Malaysia

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