By Denying Release of Seven Tamil Convicts, Centre Is Trampling on Federal Rights With no real action being taken regarding the release of A.G. Perarivalan and six others in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, the state government is undoing years of Jayalalithaaâs work towards championing Tamil Nadu's federal rights. A.G. Perarivalan. Photo: PTI Rights21/Feb/2021 Seven years have passed since former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa made an important announcement. On February 19, 2014, Jayalalithaa told the state assembly that she would release all the seven convicts imprison...