Govt ready for talks with Tamil moderates
Karunanidhi’s ‘love’ for Wanni civilians comes
under fire:
The Government reiterated its willingness
to negotiate with the Tamil political parties to resolve the
national problem amidst the political ‘drama’ staged by Tamil Nadu
politicians who were trying to force the Government to stop stepping
into the Tiger heartland.
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Sunday Meeting
Fight not against Tamils, but against LTTE terrorism -Defence
Secretary
While concerns about the plight of Wanni
civilians escalated with more MPs from the Tamil Nadu Government
resigning in protest and demanding the intervention of the Indian
Central Government, the Sri Lankan Government reiterated its
commitment to end LTTE terrorism. While the issue has reached
boiling point in Tamil Nadu which is going for its elections soon,
Sri Lanka's no nonsense Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said
that it was very unfair for Tamil Nadu to demand of the Indian
Government, which has a longstanding relationship with Sri Lanka, to
pressurise the Sri Lankan Government to halt military offensives
against the LTTE. Rajapaksa, who fought many battles against the
LTTE when he was in the Army, told the Sunday Observer that the
fight is not against Tamils, but to combat LTTE terrorism. "More
than for us, terrorism is a serious problem to India. Therefore,
India should assist us more to defeat LTTE terrorism", he said.
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