Chennai: Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) on July 27 firmly ruled out moving the courts for securing the release of its chief and Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) detenue Vaiko.

MDMK treasurer and Union Non-conventional Energy Sources Minister M Kannappan told reporters after a meeting of the party's district secretaries that party had no plans to move bail or to challenge his arrest at present.

Party would seek legal remedies only after the police filed a chargesheet against Vaiko, who was arrested for allegedly making a speech at a public meeting at Tirumangalam in June in support of the banned Liberation of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), he said.

Kannappan said his party never supported LTTE's activities in India, but was only extending "moral support to it in its fight against the Sri Lankan government for the cause of Sri Lankan Tamils".

He said Vaiko had told him that he was not willing to come out on bail.

He said MDMK was confident of proving the innocence of its leader in the court, when the case came up for hearing.

He said the party would organise series of agitation programmes protesting against the "misuse" of POTA for arresting Vaiko.

He charged the Tamil Nadu government with not concentrating on drought relief works but was paying attention only to arrest the political rivals under POTA. While other state governments had sought more funds from the Centre, Tamil Nadu had asked for only Rs 57 crore, though several districts were reeling under a severe water shortage.

PTI