Jaya to skip Tamil meet,calls it dubious project

In view of the fact that the World Tamil Classical Conference organised by Karunanidhi is not in the series of IATRs World Tamil Conferences8230; the AIADMK will boycott it, Jayalalithaa said on Tuesday.

The event might be renamed Karunanidhis Tamil Conference, she added,taking a dig at the Chief Minister. She said the government had invited her or her representative only to lend legitimacy to such a dubious project.

The conference,as announced by the Chief Minister about a month ago,was to be held as the 9th World Tamil Conference in January 2010. However,IATR president Noboru Karashima,one of the most reputed experts on the history and culture of South India,disagreed with the schedule,maintaining that it would require at least a years planning and effort to organise such an event.

Following this,the government decided to organise the meeting under its own supervision with a new name in June,after taking the monsoon,academic schedule and preparation for the next Assembly polls into consideration.

Karunanidhi also wrote to all political parties and others,inviting them to be a part of the various committees for organising the conference.