Tamil Nadu Politians start their usual game

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Karunanidhi talks tough on Sri Lanka issue

Oct 6th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: India

Chennai, Oct 6 (IANS) The DMK will be forced to consider withdrawing from the central government if it does not take decisive steps to stop attacks against Tamils in Sri Lanka and Indian fishermen allegedly by the island’s defence establishment, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said Monday.

‘The final decision in the matter will be taken by the DMK’s highest policy making body - the general body,’ he said at a massive public meeting here.

Earlier in the day, his stand was firmed up on the issue of alleged attacks by the Sri Lankan military against Tamil minority targets in the island which he termed ‘genocide’ and against its alleged killings of Indian fishermen in the Palk Strait.

During a telephonic conversation with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, he demanded India lodge a strong protest with the island’s diplomatic mission in New Delhi.

‘The chief minister stressed that the Sri Lankan high commissioner be summoned and told that India condemns the genocide of the Tamil minority and (that) its navy is killing innocent Indian fishermen,’ an official note said. ‘The prime minister has promised to carry out the chief minister’s wishes,’ it said.

‘The prime minister was also requested to do the needful to ensure the immediate end of attacks on Indian fishermen at the hands of Sri Lanka’s defence establishment,’ the statement added.

Karunanidhi opposed Saturday moves to involve the Indian and Sri Lankan navies to end the alleged killing of Indian fishermen in the narrow strip of water that separates the two nations.

Opposition leader and former chief minister J. Jayalalitha also demanded an immediate end to the killings of Tamils.

Except those belonging to the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party, politicians across the board in Tamil Nadu have objected to the Sri Lankan defence personnel allegedly killing Indian fishermen on the sea.

Have to think whether govt at Centre should continue: Karunanidhi

CHENNAI, OCT 6 (PTI)

In a veiled threat to withdraw support to the UPA government, the DMK tonight said it would have to think whether the government at the Centre should continue if its warning to Sri Lankan government to stop the attacks on Tamils there went unheeded.

"If the attacks on Sri Lankan Tamils continue in the island nation despite the warning given by the Centre, we have to think whether this government would continue or not," DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Chief minister M Karunanidhi told a rally here today.

Karunanidhi expressed the hope that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi would take steps to end the ethnic strife in the island nation and ensure that Tamils there got justice.

"If they (Centre) cooperate, we have a life. If they don't, Tamils in Sri Lanka and in India will also perish," he said.

He also sought the cooperation of all political parties in Tamil Nadu to find a solution to the ethnic strife in the island nation.

Jayalalithaa slams PM on Lanka

Express News Service
First Published : 05 Oct 2008 02:48:00 AM IST
Last Updated : 05 Oct 2008 07:41:09 AM IST

CHENNAI: AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa on Saturday said the Centre was not just “a passive spectator” in the Sri Lankan ethnic issue but an active collaborator supplying arms, radars and training to the Sri Lankan armed forces.

Criticising Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, she said “it would be foolish to expect a man living in a fantasy world do anything for the Tamil people”. It was time for the people to make public their feelings about the “impostors” and “it was time for them to recall these persons whom they have installed in power.” Asserting that she had infinite faith in the power of the people, the AIADMK leader said her party would play a lead role in harnessing people’s power to bring down the “evil regimes that hold office both at the Centre and in State.” Jayalalithaa said the government was going all out to help the Sri Lankan Armed Forces, which were targeting innocent Tamils in the island nation. She said she was shocked to see a media report that said that over 100 Lankan military personnel underwent a secret training course in Haryana recently.

“The training had been given by the better-equipped Indian Army. It is equally obvious that it had been done with the full knowledge and approval of the Indian Government.” The government had not reacted to the reports on supply of arms and radar systems to the Sri Lankan army and the Prime Minister’s close aides visit to the island nation.

“It was not uncommon for one nation to offer training or supply of arms to another country. The question in the case of Sri Lanka is: ‘Who is the target?’ The Lankan government may well claim that its army is shooting only at the LTTE’s guerrilla fighters. But the claim made about the death toll indicates that it is not just the LTTE militants, who are being mowed down, but a substantial part of the hapless Tamil population as well,” the statement said.

She said the AIADMK was not asking for an armed invasion of Sri Lanka.

“What we look for is that the Indian Prime Minister should call up his Sri Lankan counterpart and make his displeasure known in clear terms. For Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, his life today revolves around the contentious nuclear deal. He seems to be harbouring the delusion that the nuclear deal, with all its restrictive clauses, is the panacea for all of India’s problems.” The AIADMK withdrew from a protest fast on the Sri Lankan ethnic issue called by the CPI on October 2.

India condemns killings of Tamils in Sri Lanka

New Delhi, Oct 6: With the killings of Tamils in Sri Lanka stirring a political storm in Tamil Nadu, India Monday condemned the death of Tamil civilians in the military action against the Tamil Tigers.

In the strongest denunciation in recent months of the war in Sri Lanka, New Delhi urged Colombo to show "greater restraint" and voiced “serious concern” over the continuing attacks on Indian fishermen in the sea.

National Security Adviser M.K. Naryaanan summoned Sri Lanka's acting high commissioner G.G.A.D. Palithagenegoda and conveyed to him India's “grave concern and unhappiness at the growing casualties of unarmed Tamil civilians as a result of military action”.

“The escalation of hostilities in the north and the resultant fallout was leading to a great deal of concern in India,” the external affairs ministry said in a statement, reporting Narayanan's meeting with the Sri Lankan diplomat.

Narayanan underlined the need for Sri Lanka to act with “greater restraint and address the growing feeling of insecurity among the minority community.

“To stem the deteriorating humanitarian situation, the need to revive the political process was highlighted. It was essential that vital supplies to the affected population were not disrupted in any manner,” the foreign office added.

He also asked Colombo to restrain the Sri Lankan Navy from such attacks.
Narayanan drew attention to a recent incident in which the Sri Lankan Navy allegedly attacked several Indian fishermen and threatened them with dire consequences.

“This was not in keeping with the spirit of the understanding reached between India and Sri Lanka and recently reiterated in meetings held at the highest levels,” it said.

“The Sri Lankan Navy should cease such attacks and not lose sight of the humanitarian and livelihood dimensions of this issue,” the foreign office said.

New Delhi's decision to summon the Sri Lankan diplomat came after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assured Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi that his government would take all steps to stop the “genocide” of Tamils in Sri Lanka.

Karunanidhi has urged the people of Tamil Nadu to write a million letters to the prime minister seeking Indian intervention on behalf of the Sri Lankan Tamils.

The chief minister has also reportedly written to Manmohan Singh and opposed the proposal of joint patrolling by India and Sri Lanka in the sea dividing the two countries.

--- IANS

 

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Send telegrams to Delhi -CM

By TN Gopalan
BBC Tamil Service, Chennai

CM describes the conflict in Sri Lanka as a "genocidal war"

The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu has called upon people in the state to send telegrams to Indian Prime Minister seeking intervention in Sri Lanka.

The CM has called upon the people to urge PM Manmohan Singh to press for an immediate cease-fire in Sri Lanka.

In a statement, Karunanidhi charged it was a genocidal war that was going on in the island nation and that only cease-fire could bring some relief to the the Tamils in Sri Lanka.

In the circumstances, the CM urged, the federal government's actions should not be hampered by resentment over some undesirable events of the past, apparently referring to the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi by Tamil Tiger rebels in 1991.

Karunanidhi wanted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to treat the statement as an SOS alert, as a matter of extreme urgency and act accordingly.

Political pressure from the opposition in the state is mounting for Indian intervention on the ground that it is the civilians who are the worst affected because of the aggressive approach of the Rajapaksa government.

Prabhakaran should surrender for any Indian intervention: Swamy

CHENNAI, OCT 6 (PTI)

Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy today said if the present "killings of Sri Lankan Tamils by the Sri Lankan army" have to be stopped by India, LTTE leader Prabhakaran must surrender before the Indian High Commission in Colombo.

In a statement here, he said, "if the present killings of Sri Lankan Tamils by the Sri Lankan army have to be stopped by Indian Intervention, then Prabhakaran, the terrorist leader of the LTTE and assassin of Rajiv Gandhi, must surrender before the Indian High Commission in Colombo and leave safety of the Tamils to the people in India."

"We in India shall ensure that the safety of the Tamils is guaranteed," he said. "But unfortunately Prabhakaran is using innocent Tamil people, particularly children, as hostages for his own safety in his underground hideout," he added.

While reacting to the charge made by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi against AIADMK leader Jayalalithaa that she keeps changing stand on the Lanka-Tamil issue, he said it was completely baseless and appears to be motivated out of "jealousy at the credibility" that Jayalalithaa has on this issue.

"Seeking extradition of Prabhakaran and bringing him to book for the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi as Jayalalithaa wants is a noble patriotic sentiment and cannot be thought of by any person loyal to India as an indication of support for the genocide of Tamils in the Island," he said.

Karunanidhi should "hold the LTTE as much responsible for genocide of Tamils as the Sri Lankan army, since all the top beloved leaders of Tamils such as Amrithalingam, Neelam Thiruchelvam, Sabaratnam were assassinated on the orders of Prabhakaran," he added.

 

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what did you expect to happen ?

its tamil nadu

 

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Mun monawa Kiwwath EELAMA SUNE SUN !!!
Prabhath Sune Sun Wenawa !!
Munta anthimedi India wath nea, Lankawath nea
Pau machan..

 

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Karunanidhi wants Sri Lanka censured for 'genocide'

Posted: 7:27p.m IST, October 6, 2008

Chennai, Oct 6 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Monday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to condemn Sri Lanka's 'genocide' of the island's Tamil minority.

'The chief minister stressed that the Sri Lankan high commissioner be summoned and told that India condemns the genocide of the Tamil minority and (that) its navy is killing innocent Indian fishermen,' an official communique said. 'The prime minister has promised to carry out the chief minister's wishes,' it said.

'The prime minister was also requested to do the needful to ensure the immediate end of attacks on Indian fishermen at the hands of Sri Lanka's defence establishment,' the statement added.

Karunanidhi had opposed Saturday moves to involve the Indian and Sri Lankan navies to end the alleged killing of Indian fishermen in the narrow expanse of water that divides the two nations.

Opposition leader and former chief minister J. Jayalalitha also demanded an immediate end to the killings of Tamils.

Except those belonging to the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party, politicians across the board in Tamil Nadu have objected to the Sri Lankan defence personnel's alleged killing of Indian fishermen on the sea.