Addressing thousands of Tamil people in Cuddalore city of Tamil Nadu on Saturday (May 19, 2013) Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Muhammad Yasin Malik expressed his solidarity with Tamil people fighting for liberation in Sri Lanka.

Stating that no freedom movement can be defeated, he said: “The pain and agony of all oppressed nations is one. You can kill people but you cannot kill the idea and the ideology. It will pass on to the younger generation. Throughout world history, no freedom movement was defeated. I am here to share your pain and sufferings and tell you about my nations sufferings.”

Paataali Makkal Katchi’s (PMK) manifestation of the caste supremacy has yet again taken a violent form with the burning of Dalit houses in Marakkanam Dalit Colony on April 25, 2013.  The PMK supporters on their way to the Chithirai Thiruvizha at Mamallapuram beach burnt down houses, hit, and terrorized people of the Dalit colony in Marakkanam and Koonimedu areas in the East Coast Road (ECR).

The violence on Dalits during Chithirai Thiruvizha is not a new phenomenon considering the incidents reported 2002 in Marakkanam. The spreading of hatred against Dalits by PMK can be viewed from Dr Ramadoss’s familial  political interests. His announcement to contest elections alone after the humiliating defeat in the 2011 assembly elections and the anti-Dalit speeches delivered by PMK leaders thereafter is merely a shedding of the progressive garb it wore in the 1980s.