Sangaree invites Karunanidhi

The TULF Leader V. Anandasangaree in a letter to the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi has urged his intervention in the solution to the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka. He said that the Sinhalese were willing to accommodate his intervention. The people of Sri Lanka like to lead a peaceful life, Anandasangaree asserted.

"At this stage if you visit Sri Lanka, Sinhala people will welcome you wholeheartedly. I appeal to you to visit the Island on behalf of the Tamils. The Sinhalese, Muslims and majority of Tamils oppose only the division of the country but not a solution based on federalism. Though the North and East are the traditional areas of Tamil speaking people, the number of these people living among the Sinhalese is much more.

The International Community and the European Union emphasise a federal solution," Anandasangaree had pointed out.

Anandasangaree has said that the two major parties in Sri Lanka have decided to solve the conflict based on federalism. He believed that other political parties too would support the solution. The solution based on the Constitution of India has been widely welcomed.

There are possibilities to grant the powers enjoyed by Tamil Nadu to other areas in Sri Lanka. Anandasanagree has claimed that Mr. Karunanaidhi had the capability to create such an opportunity.