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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsThe YMCA grounds in Royapettah turned into a rendezvous point for DMK party cadre on Saturday, a day before they were expected to congregate there ‘in large numbers’ for the ‘Eelam Tamils Rights Protection Conference’.Even as workers were giving final touches to the pandal at the venue, where DMK president M Karunanidhi and a few national leaders were scheduled to address the first meeting of the Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation, partymen started trooping into the compound.What prompted their visit to the venue was the news about Chennai Police denying permission for the meeting at the YMCA ground for 11 reasons.In what was more like a siege of the premises, the cadre hung around through the day, waiting for glad tidings to come from the High Court where the DMK’s emergency petition was being heard in the forenoon.At one point, about one-fourth of the pandal, which could accommodate 8,000 persons, was filled with DMK cadre. They sat around in groups and only moving out for lunch. Asked what the cadre would do if permission was not accorded by the court, some of them said that they would not hesitate to block traffic.As DMK heavy-weights began arriving, the cadre learnt that the hearing was put-off for Sunday and started dispersing.first published:August 12, 2012, 08:24 ISTlast updated:August 12, 2012, 08:24 IST
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The YMCA grounds in Royapettah turned into a rendezvous point for DMK party cadre on Saturday, a day before they were expected to congregate there ‘in large numbers’ for the ‘Eelam Tamils Rights Protection Conference’.

Even as workers were giving final touches to the pandal at the venue, where DMK president M Karunanidhi and a few national leaders were scheduled to address the first meeting of the Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation, partymen started trooping into the compound.

What prompted their visit to the venue was the news about Chennai Police denying permission for the meeting at the YMCA ground for 11 reasons.

In what was more like a siege of the premises, the cadre hung around through the day, waiting for glad tidings to come from the High Court where the DMK’s emergency petition was being heard in the forenoon.

At one point, about one-fourth of the pandal, which could accommodate 8,000 persons, was filled with DMK cadre. They sat around in groups and only moving out for lunch. Asked what the cadre would do if permission was not accorded by the court, some of them said that they would not hesitate to block traffic.

As DMK heavy-weights began arriving, the cadre learnt that the hearing was put-off for Sunday and started dispersing.