Chennai: DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam)-led Democratic Progressive Alliance (DPA) today (Dec 3, 2004) charged the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) and other Sangh Parivar outfits with making attempts to create "disunity" among the people on the Kanchi Seer Jayendra Saraswathi's arrest.

In a resolution at a meeting of the DPA in Chennai, the constituents-DMK, Congress, PMK (Pattali Makkal Katchi), MDMK (Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam), CPM (Communist Party of India-Marxist), CPI (Communist Party of India) and IUML (Indian Union Muslim League) flayed the BJP for involving the Centre and Congress President Sonia Gandhi in the Shankaracharya case, and said the BJP was "unnecessarily indulging in the mischievous propaganda to get political mileage on the arrest."

When the arrest had proved that everybody was equal before the law, the Sangh Parivar outfits were "communalising" it, the resolution said.

TNCC (Tamil Nadu Congress Committee) president G K Vasan, briefing reporters on the deliberations of the meeting, said the BJP's propaganda was "mischievous" and deserved "severe condemnation."

Another resolution alleged that the ruling AIADMK (All India Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) was "indirectly" preventing the implementation of the Sethusamudram project by "instigating" fishermen at the public hearings on the scheme. Some district collectors were helping the AIADMK Government on this, it alleged.

The meeting was attended by DMK President M Karunanidhi, TNCC president G K Vasan, PMK founder Dr S Ramadoss, CPM leader N Varadarajan, R Nallakannu (CPI), L Ganesan (MDMK) and Khadhar Mohideen (IUML).