"ON January 30, 1991 ,
the Centre dismissed the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government in Tamil Nadu,
citing the DMK’s support to Sri Lankan Tamils. That was an allegation made by
the then Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar, and Jyoti Basu, who was the Chief
Minister of West Bengal , issued a statement demanding
the resignation of President R. Venkataraman for illegally dismissing the DMK
government and for targeting Tamil Nadu where peace reigned.
Not only that. Jyoti Basu ordered that a hartal be observed
all over West Bengal on February 6, 1991 . That is, the Chief Minister himself
called for a hartal! His fund of goodwill for the DMK was such. Besides, he was
firm in his viewpoint that the dismissal of a State government was
unacceptable."
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