TNA MP M K Sivajilingam hits out at opportunistic leaders

Sri Lankan Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP M K Sivajilingam has alleged that a few leaders from Tamil Nadu, both at the Centre and State are simply ignoring the massacre of Tamils in Sri Lanka.
 
Addressing a gathering at the inauguration of Tamilar Thanmana Pasarai at Red Hills on Sunday, he said that the most shocking thing was the projection of those leaders as the saviours of suffering Tamils in the island nation.

He said during the Lankan offensive against the LTTE, in which over 50,000 innocent Tamils were killed, the international community remained mute spectators.
 
“Though we urged foreign countries to impress on Sri Lanka to stop the war, they still continued their silence, leading to loss of thousands of lives,” he lamented.
 
Sivajilingam claimed that as many as 40,000 militants sacrificed their lives in the three‐decade‐old war. Besides, 15,000 militants have been arrested by the government, who are denied the rights of prisoners of war, he added.
 
In such a scenario, the Tamil National Alliance leader said, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has sanctioned whopping funds to the tune of Rs 26,000 crore for Sri Lanka.

Charging AICC president Sonia Gandhi of advocating for the island nation to get such a huge amount from International Monetary Fund (IMF), he wondered whether these funds were gift to a country that killed 50,000 people.
 
Sri Lankan Tamils Protection Movement (SLTPM) convener Pazha. Nedumaran and many others also spoke on the occasion.