The truth behind India’s dilemma with UN Resolution On Lanka

By Sam Rajappa   20 Mar 2012

Posted 15-Mar-2012 Vol 3 Issue 11 Sri Lankan war crimes and India’s refusal to support the US-sponsored watered down resolution censoring Colombo at the UN Human Rights Commission meeting in Geneva in spite of the majority of members cutting across party line supporting it rocked both the Houses of Parliament as the 2012 budget session began. Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee was forthright, saying India was opposed to country specific resolution while external affairs minister SM Krishna spoke of India’s concern for the wellbeing and welfare of the Tamils in Sri Lanka, exposing total lack of understanding of the history of Tamils in our neighbouring country and our own country’s policy towards its neighbour. Countdown begins, now: The US backed resolution on Sri Lanka at UNHRC has set alarm bells ringing in Colombo (Photos courtesy: Channel 4) The search has now begun for the 'Indian hand' in the murder of Tamils Though Tamils and Sinhalese lived as two separate nations for more than two millenia, the British merged the two into an unitary state in the 19th century and departed in 1948, handing over power to the Sinhalese, who constitute about 75 per cent of the population, and since then, all the Prime Ministers and Presidents of the country have been Sinhalese only. Read More