Pacts Against TN Resolution: Vaiko -The New Indian Express
CHENNAI:Coming down heavily on the agreements signed between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, MDMK leader Vaiko on Tuesday said that this was against the Tamil Nadu Assembly resolution demanding an economic embargo on Sri Lanka.
The Modi government had trodden over the TN resolution, which is the democratic centre of seven-and-a-half crore Tamils. The signing of the agreements was an autocratic act which did not respect the Tamil Nadu people and their sentiments, he said. The Modi government was planning to deny justice to the Lankan Tamils, Vaiko charged and expressed shock at the announcement delaying the tabling of the UNHRC inquiry report into the genocide of the island Tamils in 2009. If the council was really concerned about human rights, the members of the committee probing the genocide should visit the affected Tamil areas and accept their witnesses, he added.
Vaiko further said that the Tamil Nadu Assembly should pass a resolution demanding that the UN investigation team visit the affected areas in the island and conduct their probe. It should also condemn the agreements between Modi and Sirisena, he said.
Tamil Maanila Congress leader GK Vasan, reacting to the agreements signed by Modi and Sirisena, said the Modi government should give priority to the issues affecting the Tamil people. The Modi government should focus on the probe into the human rights violations against Tamil people and equal rights to Tamil people in the island.
Tamizhar Desiya Munnani leader P Nedumaran too flayed the agreements and said there had been no change in the ground situation in Sri Lanka even after Sirisena was elected as President.
The government there could have at least pulled back the army from residential areas, schools and temples.
Fishing and agriculture are the two major livelihood options for Tamils there. But the army has taken over fertile lands at many places and banned Tamil fishermen from venturing into the sea, he said.
Note: It is the poachers from Tamil Nadu that is depriving Lankan Tamil fishermen of thier livelihood.. What the f@ck is this moron bellowing about ??