Jaya continues to pile pressure on Sinhalese racist regime

Chennai 13 Apr 2012

Posted 11-Apr-2012 Vol 3 Issue 14 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Wednesday withdrew her AIADMK MP from an all-party delegation set to visit Sri Lanka April 16-21. The team led by BJP's Sushma Swaraj is to inspect the rehabilitation of those displaced during the war against the Tamil Tigers that ended in May 2009. Jayalalithaa feels the visit is designed to create a positive image about Sri Lanka Jayalalithaa said in a statement that her MP A. Williams Rabi Bernard will stay away as the itinerary does not include a meeting with the affected people and taking up their issues with President Mahinda Rajapaksa. She said the itinerary "gives importance to meeting and dining" with Sinhalese leaders and government officials and that the programme seemed to have been designed by Sri Lankan officials to create a positive image about them in India. Read More ‘Diaspora Tamils should be part of UN referendum on Eelam’   By Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran   The bombs that set fire to thousands of Tamil houses have not extinguished the undying passion for Eelam (Photo courtesy: warwithoutwitness.com) 13 Apr 2012 Posted 03-Apr-2012 Vol 3 Issue 13 The Tamil struggle in Sri Lanka for an independent and sovereign state has two dimensions. One is to create conditions for international recognition and full realization of the Tamils’ right to self-determination and the other to bring to light what happened in the final stages of the war in 2009. Read More