There are examples of several freedom movements attaining success staying and fighting together, Karunanidhi said and added, ‘since the war groups in Lanka are divided, the Sinhala army is attacking them’.____________________________
by Our Special Correspondent in Chennai
(April 23, Chennai, Sri Lanka Guardian) The Tamilnadu Assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution urging the Centre to take efforts to solve the ethnic issue in Sri Lanka by initiating dialogue between two warring factions.
The resolution was tabled by Chief Minister M Karunanidhi and was welcomed by Congress, PMK and MDMK.
After Question Hour, a Special Call Attention Motion was taken up to discuss the Lankan issue.
D Sudharsanan (Congress), G K Mani (PMK) and Kanappan (MDMK) spoke on the occasion.
Later introducing a resolution seeking Centre’s intervention in the issue, Karunanidhi, said,
‘Had the discussion on the issue been held on compassion and genuine interest towards solving the issue, I would have been happy. Unfortunately there were few remarks in the House which were against the very purpose of introducing the resolution.’
D Sudharsanan (Congress), G K Mani (PMK) and Kanappan (MDMK) spoke on the occasion.
Later introducing a resolution seeking Centre’s intervention in the issue, Karunanidhi, said,
‘Had the discussion on the issue been held on compassion and genuine interest towards solving the issue, I would have been happy. Unfortunately there were few remarks in the House which were against the very purpose of introducing the resolution.’
The discussion and the resolutions passed in the House should not be a threat to the sovereignty of the nation, Karunanidhi said and added,
‘MDMK member Kanappan, while replying to Sudarsanam (Congress) got carried away and made a remark against the Centre. It should be expunged’.
‘When the trouble started in Lanka, men like Selva waged a non-violent protest.
However when their efforts failed to yield the right results, it forced people there to take to violence only to emancipate themselves from the clutches of Lankan authorities.
Had everyone fought unitedly then, an amicable solution would have been arrived like
in the neighbouring Nepal, he observed.
in the neighbouring Nepal, he observed.
Unfortunately the lack of unity between the war groups is a major reason for all the trouble.
They should have stood unitedly instead of fighting and killing each other. What was the need to kill men like Amirthalingam? Karunanidhi asked.
They should have stood unitedly instead of fighting and killing each other. What was the need to kill men like Amirthalingam? Karunanidhi asked.
There are examples of several freedom movements attaining success staying and fighting together, Karunanidhi said and added, ‘since the war groups in Lanka are divided, the Sinhala army is attacking them’.
‘However we have a compassion towards them. Hence we have introduced a resolution towards finding a solution to the whole problem’, he said and added,
‘There is no point in blaming the Centre. They have also suffered big losses’, he said
Referring to Priyanka’s visit to Vellore Prison to meet Nalini, he said,’such instances which go on to prove that there is still compassion and love among people’.
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