TN leaders have a sacred duty!

– The Sudar Oli Ediotiral

(September 16, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The wounding of two officials of the Indian Air Force of the ranks of sergeants during the LTTE air attacks on the Vavuniya Head Quarters of the Lankan security forces has sparked off a serious controversy in Tamil Nadu political arena as anticipated.

Although the Indian High Commission tries to justify the presence of the Indian Air Force personnel at the Lankan military camp by saying that they were technologists present there only to maintain the Indian radar, TN political parties have concluded that their presence confirms their charges of the active role of the Indian forces in the present military operations by the Lankan government.

Pandyan, Tamilnadu Secretary of the Indian Communist Party has charged that there is Indian complicity in the present war unleashed by the Lankan government, since Indian Air force officials were present in the Lankan military camp.

Ela. Ganeshan, The General Secretary of the Tamilnadu branch of the BJP stated that India has a moral duty to support the cause of the Lankan Tamils fighting for their rights. Else it should be neutral. Instead, India stands exposed that its officers are engaged in giving support to the Lankan forces.

While the TN ruling party DMK and opposition party ADMK maintain silence, other parties are furious about it. They are getting ready for agitation all over Tamilnadu.

If these parties in TN are sincere in helping the cause of the Lankan Tamils, they should shed their political differences, identify this issue as an issue beyond the ambit of party politics and raise their voices in unison.

(An English translation of the Editorial in Sudar Oli, a Tamil daily based in Colombo) - Sri Lanka Guardian