All the parties except the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), the Janata Party and Tamilaga Vivasayeegal Sangam adopted the resolution at the end of discussions over two days.

Representatives of the AIADMK (V Sathiamoorthy and Niraikulathan), Janata Party (Subramanian Swamy and V S Chandralekha) and Vivasayeegal Sangam (Vettavalam Manikandan and Arcot Sundaresan) staged a walk-out insisting that the words, ``State Government and the district administration should own responsibility for the clashes'', be included in the resolution.

A resolution urged the TN Government to take stringent action against caste-based organisations and its leaders if they instigated violence. It appealed to the organisationsto avoid posters and wall graffiti which might instigate violence, and urged the Government to take effective action against those who indulged in such activities.

The meeting decided not to allow new statues to be installed without the Government's permission, while those installing them should protect and maintain them. The responsibility of maintaining and safeguarding statues already installed, would lie with associations or individuals who had put them up.

In another resolution, the leaders urged the State Government to amend the rules so as to prohibit Government servants from participating in caste-based association meetings/activities even after retirement.

The TN Government should urge the Centre to make changes in rules governing the services of Indian Administrative Service and Indian Police Service officers so as to bar them from such activities, they added.

The meeting wanted the Government to intensify the, ``anti-untouchability propaganda'' through plays, cultural programmes,television, radio and short films, with more funds allocated for the purpose.

The leaders felt peace committees that have been set up in each district should be activated, and set up in every village, to put an end to untouchability. If they did not succeed, the police could be approached. The meeting urged the State Government to draw up guidelines to empower the committees.