From correspondents in Tamil Nadu, India, 08:00 PM IST
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.
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Karunanidhi now asks for Central government to act for helping LTTE by accusing Sri Lanka government of 'genocide' of tamil people. If it not does not do this, he will blackmail the govt. by withdrawing his MP group from support to it. Next the same man will use rhetoric and misuse cinema, TV, etc. to revive demand for Dravida Nadu including the impossible Eelam.
Censure of Sri Lanka government,if it is done,cannot help bring chimerical Tamil Eelam, Mr.K.must be knowing.
Thi.Karunanithi only started the inspirasion to LTTe to demand Eelam countrey.they are not getting it as becase Sri Lanka govarnment is very togh to root out the saparatists.Srilankla is itself a small country.IF devided,both will be tiney like districts. If Srilanka is full of brainey puple like Europe with sciantists, enginers, etc. it can have division. But it has only plantation laborers and not much nattural welth. water, etc.Karunanithi must stop medling in Srilanka Tamil maters.
Mr Karunanidhi's sympathies for the separatist cause of LTTE are known, for ex. he composed a poem to eulogize a leader of the ferocious separatist-terrorist LTTE when he was slain for terrorism by the Srilankan govt. He never advised LTTE to stop terrorism and remain on peace path. He now says SL govt.is committing genocide. His current call for Indian govt.'s intervention must be viewed by it with a balance of considerations of both sympathy and the SL govt.'s sovereign right to defend itself against terrorism. LTTE has already shown itself as a danger to India, hrough its killing of ex PM Rajeev Gandhi along with a score of others.
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