Sri Lanka must ensure justice for Tamils: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today urged Sri Lanka to ensure “equality, dignity, justice and self-respect” for its Tamil minority.
Modi made the appeal when a six-member delegation of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), Sri Lanka’s main Tamil political party, called on him.
“The prime minister stressed the need for a political solution that addresses the aspirations of the Tamil community for equality, dignity, justice and self respect within the framework of a united Sri Lanka,” an official statement said.
Modi urged “all stakeholders in Sri Lanka to engage constructively, in a spirit of partnership and mutual accommodation, towards finding a political solution”.
This should be built “upon the 13th amendment of the Sri Lankan constitution”, he said, referring the India-backed amendment of the 1980s which called for devolving autonomous powers to the Tamils.
Modi also assured the TNA delegation of India’s continuing support to provide relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction work in Sri Lanka’s northeast, the former war zone where thousands have been displaced.
He said New Delhi’s focus would be on projects relating to housing, livelihood generation, capacity building, education, hospitals and infrastructure.
The statement said: “The visit of TNA leaders is part of India’s continuing engagement with the government and political parties in Sri Lanka.”
The TNA delegation briefed the prime minister on the situation in Sri Lanka and their assessment and expectations regarding devolution and national reconciliation. (Zee News)
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Here comes the cat out of the bag. Mr. Mudi we need justice to every ethnic group! We are all children of god.
In politics, what you see “On Stage” is not what’s happening “Back Stage.” But most Sri Lankans are still fooled by all the dramatics on Political Stages and Media.
You have a point Sudara. But tell me whether Sri Lankans have to ignore what Jaya Lalitha, Karunanidi & ViKo saying?
Who said anything about ignoring politics or anybody for that matter. I only meant,”to tread wisely on the path of politics.” Politicians sometimes play with words because a word can have several meanings depending on different situations and the listener maybe fooled not understanding the situation. For example: A surgeon cuts a body with a sharp knife to cure but a murderer cuts to kill. Here both actions are same (almost) but intentions are different and so are the doers. In politics too you get surgeons and murderers. If you can tell them apart, then you know what they are talking about.