Sri Lanka must be treated as a special case: Karunanidhi
Tamils the world over believe that the draft resolution presented by the Sri Lankan government to the United Nations Human Rights Council is against the interests of Sri Lankan Tamils, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said on Tuesday.
In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a copy of which was released to the media, Mr. Karunanidhi said: “Though there is on one side a question of interfering in the internal affairs of a country, which would affect its sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence, Sri Lanka should be treated as a special case.
Sri Lankan government must fulfill Tamils’ demands: Indian foreign minister
The 77-year-old south Indian veteran politician and new foreign minister of India, S. M. Krishna, said the time has ripe for the Sri Lankan government to fulfill the demands of Tamils in Sri Lanka for ensuring lasting peace in the country.
S. M. Krishna has been appointed as India’s foreign minister by the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA).
NSA Narayanan met Karunanidhi again to discuss on Sri Lankan Tamils
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi Sunday met Indian National Security Advisor M K Narayanan for the second time and understood to have discussed the Sri Lankan Tamils issue.
Mr Narayanan, who had met Karunanidhi last night and discussed the Sri Lankan issue, called on him again this morning at his residence here and held nearly half-an-hour long closed door talks, party sources said.
Dravida Peravai urges India to retract from backing Genocide
Before UN Human Rights Council who is for Tamils; who supports Sri Lanka? India; Indian Tamils are ashamed of India’s stand brought to light by UN Watch, says Dravida Peravai in a statement released today.
The statement released by N.Nandhivarman, General Secretary of Dravida Peravai:
Karunanidhi stand on ties with Sri Lanka bid to get votes – Jayalalitha
Chief Minister M. Karunandihi’s call for snapping of diplomatic ties with Sri Lanka if ceasefire is not announced in the island nation is only an attempt to get votes, said AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa said on Monday. Addressing an election meeting here, she said it was only a pretence; as if he was putting pressure on the Centre on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue.
Vaiko urges UN intervention to end Sri Lankan crisis
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) founder V. Gopalswamy on Sunday sought the United Nations’ intervention to solve the Sri Lankan crisis. He said that the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in India should be lifted and the UN should send soldiers to Sri Lanka to stop the war. “When the world is ready to pressurise Sri Lanka to stop war, even then the Indian government is not willing to create pressure on the Colombo government.
Prabakaran is my friend? Is this my statement? NDTV wrongly interpreted – Karunanidhi
While Karunanidhi’s statement made a notable waves in both India and Srilanka, today he said he didn’t tell that Prabakaran is my friend. NDTV had wrongly interpreted. “Prabhakaran is my good friend. I am not a terrorist,” the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister told NDTV in an interview when asked whether he viewed Prabhakaran as a terrorist. Subsequently asked by his daughter and DMK Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi, who was present in the interview, whether he saw Prabhakaran as a terrorist, Karunanidhi, speaking in Tamil, said “Naan appadi paarkkalai (I don’t see that way).”
Jayalalitha, Ramadoss criticise India’s Sri Lankan policy
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party chief J. Jayalalitha said that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi had failed to stop the ethnic killings of Tamils in the island nation. “India has been supporting the Lankan Government’s war against the Tamils there. Karunanidhi has not done anything except for dramas like sending telegrams and letters to the Prime Minister and holding fast.
Ramadoss dares Karunanidhi to sever ties with Congress
Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder S.Ramadoss on Saturday dared DMK president and Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi to shelve his party’s alliance with the Congress if India does not sever diplomatic ties with Sri Lanka in case the Colombo government turns down the appeal for a ceasefire. Mr. Karunanidhi made his demand in telegrams sent to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, welcoming the Centre’s appeal to Sri Lanka for a ceasefire, to ensure that innocent Tamils are not killed in the war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
Prabhakaran is my good friend – A new comedy movie for Tamil Eelam has been released by Karunanidhi
Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu, DMK supremo Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Sunday created a flutter calling Velupillai Prabhakaran a “good friend” who is not a terrorist and said he would be saddened if the LTTE chief was killed in the on-going war in Sri Lanka. Mr. Karunanidhi’s comments put the Congress in a spot which stopped short of outright condemnation with the Tamils issue following the hostilities in Sri Lanka emerging as a major campaign issue in Tamil Nadu where the polls will be held in the last phase on May 13.
