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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 11864149" data-attributes="member: 92282">Tamil National Alliance, an umbrella group of Tamil political parties,  today complained to External Affairs Minister S M Krishna's about Lankan  government's "lethargic" attitude in talks for evolving a political  solution to the ethnic crisis and sought India's help for "corrective  steps".A delegation of leaders of TNA led by its Parliamentary  Party Chief R Sampanthan met Krishna, who arrived here on a four-day  visit, and said "no progress" has been achieved during the dialogue that  the group has been holding with the Sri Lankan Government for the past  one year.Sources said the Minister assured the delegation that  India is firmly committed to ensuring political settlement, including  devolution of powers, to address the aspirations of Tamil community and  will discuss the matter with the highest levels of the Sri Lankan  government.During a 45-minute meeting, the TNA leaders told  Krishna that India should play an "active role" in taking the process  forward to arrive at a political solution to the decades-old ethnic  problem."The talks with the Indian Foreign Minister were  cordial. We briefed him about the talks we have been holding with the  Sri Lankan Government. We can't say that any progress has been made in  the past one year and this is because of the lethargic attitude being  adopted by the government here," Sampanthan said after the meeting.He said Krishna gave a patient hearing to them and said India would take everything into consideration. During  its talks with the Lankan government, the TNA, which has emerged as the  main political force representing the Tamils especially after the 2010  Parliamentary polls, has been demanding that police and land powers be  vested with the provincial government as envisaged by the 13th  Amendment.However, the Lankan government has rejected the demand.Sampanthan  said the delegation also told the Indian leader that some "collective  action" is needed in evolving a political solution that is acceptable to  the Tamil-speaking people of Sri Lanka.Sampanthan said India is  keen to ensure that Tamils in Sri Lanka live with "self-respect and  dignity" and that the delegation asked New Delhi to play its role to  achieve that goal."We also impressed upon the Indian side that  corrective steps needed to be taken if the talks have to be set on  proper course," he said.Later, Krishna also received a  delegation from the Sri Lankan Muslim Congress, which represents Muslims  who speak Tamil who briefed him about the current political situation  in the country.PTI</blockquote>

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