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11 July 10 01:52 am (BST)

தமிழ் தேசிய கூட்டமைப்பினரின் இந்திய விஜயம் முழுமையான வெற்றியளித்திருப்பதாக தமிழ்தேசியகூட்டமைப்பு தெரிவித்துள்ளது.

இதுதொடர்பாக கருதது தெரிவித்த தமிழ் தேசியகூட்டமைப்பு பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர் பா.அரியநேத்திரன் இந்திய பயணம் எதிர்பாராத வெற்றியைத்தந்துள்ளது.இந்தியபிரதமர் கலாநிதி மன்மோகன் சிங்கைச்சந்தித்து வடகிழக்கு மக்களின் நிலைமையை விளக்கும் சந்தர்ப்பம் கிடைத்ததுடன் முழுமையான அரசியல் விருந்தினர்களாகவும் சென்றுள்ளனர்.

இந்தியஅரசாங்கத்தினால் வடகிழக்கில் முன்னெடுக்கப்கடும் அபிவிருத்திப்பணிகள் யாவும் தமிழ் தேசிய கூட்டமைப்பின் அலோசனையுடனேயே மேற்கொள்ளப்படும் எனவும் உறுதியளிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளதாகவும் அவர் தெரிவித்தார். அரசியல் தீர்வு குறித்து ஆடுத்த கட்டமாக பேச்சு நடாத்தப்படுமெனவும் அவர் தெரிவித்தார்.

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இந்திய விஜயம் முழுமையான வெற்றியளித்துள்ளது ‐ தமிழ்தேசியகூட்டமைப்பு

11 July 10 01:52 am (BST)

தமிழ் தேசிய கூட்டமைப்பினரின் இந்திய விஜயம் முழுமையான வெற்றியளித்திருப்பதாக தமிழ்தேசியகூட்டமைப்பு தெரிவித்துள்ளது.

இதுதொடர்பாக கருதது தெரிவித்த தமிழ் தேசியகூட்டமைப்பு பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர் பா.அரியநேத்திரன் இந்திய பயணம் எதிர்பாராத வெற்றியைத்தந்துள்ளது.இந்தியபிரதமர் கலாநிதி மன்மோகன் சிங்கைச்சந்தித்து வடகிழக்கு மக்களின் நிலைமையை விளக்கும் சந்தர்ப்பம் கிடைத்ததுடன் முழுமையான அரசியல் விருந்தினர்களாகவும் சென்றுள்ளனர்.

இந்தியஅரசாங்கத்தினால் வடகிழக்கில் முன்னெடுக்கப்கடும் அபிவிருத்திப்பணிகள் யாவும் தமிழ் தேசிய கூட்டமைப்பின் அலோசனையுடனேயே மேற்கொள்ளப்படும் எனவும் உறுதியளிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளதாகவும் அவர் தெரிவித்தார். அரசியல் தீர்வு குறித்து ஆடுத்த கட்டமாக பேச்சு நடாத்தப்படுமெனவும் அவர் தெரிவித்தார்.

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TNA’s Mission: Prodding India to act!

http://www.nation.lk/2010/07/11/newsfe4.htm

The TNA parliamentary delegation, led by its parliamentary Group leader R. Sampanthan, adopted the strategy of building on the three points Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi mentioned in the Sri Lankan Tamil resolution he moved on June 27, at the First World Classical Tamil Conference. Karunanidhi complained of displaced people still in camps, failure to provide sufficient facilities and safety to the resettled people, and the failure to work out a political solution. Karunanidhi faulted Sri Lanka for not implementing its “periodic assurances.”

Two of the three ministers the TNA group met were present on the stage when Karunanidhi moved the resolution. They were: Home Minister P. Chidambaram and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. External Affairs Minister Krishna is dealing with the Sri Lankan Tamil problem, since he assumed his portfolio last year.

The TNA delegation also spoke of a new worry the Tamil people now face. They briefed the ministers and External Affairs Ministry Secretary Nirupama Rao and her officials, of the establishment of huge army camps in agriculturally productive private lands in Wanni.

Selvam Adaikkalanthan, a member of the delegation, said, “We told the ministers that the establishment of army camps have become our latest worry. It is because the government is taking over large extents of highly productive agricultural land. Tamil people view it as a new form of Sinhala colonisation.”

TNA raised this matter in Parliament on Thursday. Batticaloa district member P. Ariyanethiran asked the government not to set up army camps by acquiring highly productive private lands. He said, “Tamils consider it as an act of discrimination.”

The establishment of army camps, by acquiring private lands, has emerged as the new propaganda topic among the Tamil activist groups in Tamil Nadu. They are accusing Delhi of assisting the Sri Lankan Government to colonise Wanni with Sinhalese. The DMK government of Tamil Nadu has begun to worry about that matter. T.R. Balu, the leader of the DMK parliamentary group and central government minister, raised this matter with President Mahinda Rajapaksa when the Tamil Nadu parliamentarians met him during his visit to Delhi last month.

Land had been a sensitive issue among the Tamils since Independence. According to Prof. G.L. Peiris, it had been the pivotal question of political discussion on devolution of power in Sri Lanka (Refer to his commentary on the Devolution Proposals of the Government, January 16, 1996). It was the centre of political dialogue in Bandaranaike-Chelvanayagam Pact of 1957, Dudley Senanayake-Chelvanayakam Agreement of 1965, The Mangala Moonesinghe Select Committee, the 13th Amendment and Chandrika Bandaranaike government’s Devolution Proposals of 1996.

The 13th Amendment provides for the subject of land to vest on the Provincial Councils. That is yet to be implemented. The 1996 devolution proposals, the architect of which was Prof. G.L. Peiris, made the devolution of power over land more realistic, but no one talks of it now.

The TNA delegation told the Indian ministers and officials, that Sri Lanka had not kept its promise on resettlement and rehabilitation. About 30,000 displaced persons are still in camps, the delegation pointed out. It said that the majority of the resettled are without adequate facilities, with most of them being housed in temporary sheds. The delegates who welcomed the Indian offer to build 50,000 houses, asked Delhi to actively participate in the resettlement and rehabilitation effort.

Major part of the discussion was on the political solution to the Tamil problem. Sampanthan told Krishna, “Making suggestions won’t work. India has a duty as the guarantor of the Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement, to get Sri Lanka to implement the 13th Amendment in full. “It’s nothing new. Sri Lanka had pledged to implement it,” Sampanthan said. The TNA delegation also discussed the draft proposals it had prepared about a solution to the Tamil problem. It concerns the creation of an autonomous Tamil unit in the North and East.

Indian ministers briefed the TNA parliamentarians about India’s intention to invest heavily in the infrastructure and economic development of the North and East. It includes the development of KKS harbor, upgrading of Palaly Airport, relaying of railway lines and restarting the Talaimannar-Rameswaram ferry service. According to TNA sources, the Indians requested its active support to India’s development efforts.

India’s effort to win over the TNA and to woo the Tamil people, is the result of intense resentment prevalent among a section of the Tamil people, about the overt and covert role India played during the Government-LTTE war, TNA’s Indian visit and its recent announcements that it is prepared to work within the unitary State, seems to have brought that sense of resentment to the surface.

The current intellectual debate in the print media, reflects two different points of view prevalent among the Tamil people. The first, indicated above, is the outpouring of anger against India. That is the result of “India has let us down” syndrome.

The holders of that view are arguing that India is unreliable. They say the Tamils should rely on the western world, which supports the human rights of the Tamil people. Some of them are arguing that Tamils should be prepared to cultivate China’s friendship.

The debate reflects the gradual emergence of a more pragmatic view. It says Sri Lankan Tamils cannot swim against Indian national interest. Former TULF leader A. Amirthalngam told me, soon after he was sentenced to death by the LTTE leader, “Thamby (Prabhakaran) wants us to swim against the current. That would be a folly.” Prabhakaran swam against the Indian national interest and suffered the consequences.

The Indo-Sri Lanka policy right now, analysts say, is: Protect the Sri Lankan State, increase India’s economic presence and help establish permanent peace and stability. The ‘economic presence’ component was the addition in 1990. The others were propounded by Indira Gandhi.

Amirthalingam, Sivasithamparam and Sampanthan met Indira Gandhi on August 13, 1983, two weeks after the 1983 July riots. She told them, “Drop your separatist demand. Get back to federalism. We will help the Sri Lankan Tamils to establish an autonomous unit.”

TNA has got back to that position. Indian national interest, especially its security, requires the establishment of an autonomous Tamil unit in Sri Lanka. Will Delhi keep tendering suggestions?

Edited July 11, 201015 yr by Queen