Tamil outfits call for dawn to dusk bandh on January 20

A joint meeting of various Tamil outfits today called for a dawn to dusk bandh in support of jallikattu here on January 20 .
A spokesman of the pro-jallikattu outfits comprising of representatives of various Tamil organisationsincluding Tamilar Desiya Iyakkam and Naam Tamizhar katchi told newsmen that the bandh is also to demanding to ban the PETA.
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Meanwhile, the ruling Congress has announced its support to the dawn to dusk bandh called by various Tamil and students outfits here on January 20.
Puducherry PCC leader and PWD Minister A Namassivayam said in a release here the NDA government at the Centre was turning a deaf ear to all the agitations now under way in Tamilnadu seeking lifting of the ban.

"An abnormal situation is prevailing in Tamilnadu and the Centre has not taken this into consideration and has failed to bring in an ordinance to lift the ban on the traditional sport of Tamil" he said and announced the support of the bandh called by the Tamil and student outfits here.
Secretary of the Puducherry state committee of the CPI repeat CPI R Viswanathan also announced his party's support to the call for bandh.
He said that the Centre should ban the PETA.