Justice served! MDMK Chief Vaiko sentenced to one-year jail for sedition case

 

Chennai, Jul. 5: Today after 10 years, Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) Chief was behind the bar for sedition case. The Special Court in Chennai sentenced to one year in jail for the case.

 

Judge J Shanthi held him guilty of the offense of sedition. Vaiko, who was present in the court, said he never sought any leniency.

 

 

Vaiko had given a seditious speech during a book launch in Chennai at a time when the Sri Lankan civil war was at its peak, and his speech was in support of LTTE.

 

A case under section 124-A and 153 were filed against the MDMK leader in 2009 by Tamil Nadu police for his speech in which he had warned that India would not remain a united single country if the war against banned outfit Liberation Tiger Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka was not stopped.

 

A petition was filed to suspend the conviction enabling an appeal against the order. Subsequently, the conviction and sentence stayed for one month. Police had registered a case under section 124(A) of IPC (sedition) against Vaiko for the speech he made while releasing his book "Naan Kutram Sattugiren,"(I am Making the Accusation) in 2009.

 

Interestingly, he is one of the nominated Rajya Sabha candidates from Tamil Nadu for the polls on July 18.