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TN all-party meet recommends ban on rallies by casteist bodies

The all-party meeting convened by the Tamil Nadu government to discuss measures to check caste clashes in the state, today recommended a ban on processions organised by casteist organisations, which have the potential to incite violence.

The resumed meeting, chaired by Chief Minister M Karunanidhi and attended by leaders of more than 40 political parties, adopted a resolution to this effect.

Representatives of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazagham and the Janata Party staged a walkout after picking up a wordy duel with Indian National League leader M A Latheef and criticising some of the resolutions.

Briefing the media on the deliberations and resolutions adopted at the meeting, Karunanidhi said the AIADMK's former minister M Sathiamoorthy and Janata Party president Dr Subramanian Swamy staged the walkout.

The meeting also decided to initiate stern action against caste-based organisations and associations which incited violence and also against their leaders guilty of it.

The meeting, through another resolution, also recommended a ban on posters and wall writings which were provocative in nature and tended to incite violence, and stern action against those who were responsible for them, Karunanidhi said.

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