The legal wing of the AIADMK held a demonstration in Chennai today, protesting against the presence of a Sri Lankan government official at a conference in India.
The protesters said that Deputy Director of Sri Lankan Agricultural Ministry, Chandrasiri, was at the event, despite Indian police officers alleging that no Sri Lankans were present.
Led by R Sivasankar, the lawyers chanted slogans condemning Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and a recent derogatory article on the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence website about Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.
See more from the Times of India here.
Also see our previous articles:
Rajapaksa expresses regret over MoD article as outrage continues in Tamil Nadu (05 August 2014)
India summons SL High Commissioner amidst protests against Sri Lanka's MoD article (04 Aug 2014)
Tamil Nadu parties condemn SL military article on Jaya-Modi (02 August 2014)
Sri Lanka forced to apologise to India over MoD article (01 August 2014)
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