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Pressure mounts on India to vote against Sri Lanka at United Nations.
Friday, 8 March 2013 - 11:26 AM SL Time
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With all parties uniting to condemn alleged atrocities against Tamils in Sri Lanka, the Manmohan Singh government is under intense pressure to back a resolution critical of the island nation at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva.
External affairs minister Salman Khurshid stopped short of any commitment but told the Lok Sabha at the end of a heated four-hour discussion that the government will keep concerns voiced by MPs in mind while taking a final decision on the March 21st vote.
Khurshid`s response did not satisfy DMK, AIADMK and BJP-led NDA and all three political formations walked out of the House protesting against what they said was the government`s inability to support Tamils in Sri Lanka.
The minister said India has demanded an independent inquiry into reported abuse of human rights of Tamils, specifically stating that the death of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader V Prabhakaran and members of his family should also be investigated.
The discussion saw Congress ally DMK call for the trial of the top leadership of the Rajapakshe government for `war crimes` while BJP demanded withdrawal of Lankan army from Tamil areas and AIADMK sought imposition of economic sanctions.
The mood of the House was deeply hostile towards Sri Lanka as allegations of torture and rape inflamed sentiments despite Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar`s call for restraint while referring to Sri Lanka and its public figures.
Responding to BJP leader leader Yashwant Sinha`s charge that the UPA government was complicit in allowing the Lankan armed forces to act without restraint against Tamil civilians, Khurshid said it was unfair to reach such a conclusion.
Khurshid reminded Sinha that the infamous Kandahar swap of terrorists for hostages could be criticized but was not necessarily a betrayal of national interest. He pointed out India`s decisions `...should not be thrown back at us in the future as everybody is not our friend`.
Despite the government`s misgivings over implications for issues like Jammu & Kashmir, Congress moved to assuage Tamil sentiment with party chief Sonia Gandhi deputing three MPs to attend the Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation (TESO) meet in Delhi on Thursday. Minister of state in PMO V Narayanasamy also attended the meeting. Sonia sat through much of the discussion in the Lok Sabha.
`The government may have to support the resolution. It may try to ensure the language is not too offensive to Sri Lanka,` said official sources.
As emotions ran high with MPs referring to a video that allegedly suggests LTTE chief Prabhakaran`s 12-year-old-son was shot in cold blood, the government found it hard to balance diplomatic relations with popular sentiment. Even Congress`s outside supporter Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav took potshots at the government for mishandling ties with Sri Lanka.
Khurshid was frequently interrupted by DMK`s T R Baalu and AIADMK`s Thambidurai who sought to know the government`s stand on whether it would move its own resolution or amend the one being moved at the UNHRC.
Sinha said the government must be forceful in getting the Lankan government to respect the human rights of Tamils that are still being violated and ensure the implementation of promises to grant the northern areas enhanced autonomy.
`We don`t play the policeman of the world or the big brother in any country,` Khurshid said when members, especially those from Tamil Nadu protested that the Centre is `ignoring` the plight of Tamils and the `genocide` by the Sri Lankan army.
DMK MPs protested when TMC`s Saugata Roy alleged LTTE was also responsible for plight of Tamils living in the island nation. Roy said `LTTE was thoroughly a terrorist organisation`.
Roy`s was the lone voice on Thursday as MPs seemed to have developed amnesia about LTTE`s refusal to commit itself to anything short of an independent Eelam and the organization`s track record of using truce intervals to recoup and launch fresh terrorist attacks.
LTTE`s repeated attacks on targets in Sri Lanka and the organization`s global network of sympathizers who contributed to mobilizing funds and arms did not find mention either also Sinha referred to India`s role in promoting the outfit and then cracking down on it.
Opposition AIADMK on Thursday also demanded public apology from Congress and key UPA ally DMK over condition of Tamils in Lanka and asked the government not to take part in the forthcoming Commonwealth Heads of Governments` Meeting (CHOGM) in the neighbouring country.
AIADMK member V Maitreyan, while speaking on motion of thanks on the President`s address in the Rajya Sabha, attacked DMK and Congress for handling of the issue and expressed concern over no mention of it in the Presidential speech.
He said the US was moving a resolution on the Tamil issue in the UN Human Rights Council and urged the government to support it and `not dilute it like the last time`.
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 8 Mar 2013 05:44:08 GMT Report for Abuse
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Let them bring 1000 resolutions, who cares....
Throw it to the garbage bin
ASIAN ATHLETICS GP SHIFTED FROM CHENNAI TO COLOMBO
With the Tamil Nadu government refusing to host Sri Lankan athletes on political grounds, the third leg of the Asian Grand Prix scheduled to be held in Chennai on May 16 has now been shifted to Colombo.
good move AAA, now SL athletes dont need to cover their noses to prevent the poo smell
make sure to keep the TN athletes away from railway lines and public roads in the morning |
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8 Mar 2013 05:57:02 GMT Report for Abuse
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No wonder TN uneducated jokers are famous for worshipping actors, making 3rd class uneducated rowdies as their Chief Ministers
DR. Subramanian Swamy's office attacked
MADURAI: Unidentified miscreants pelted stones on the office of Janata Party president, Dr. Subramanian Swamy in Madurai on Tuesday.
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8 Mar 2013 06:18:51 GMT Report for Abuse
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This Pee Punde Maha Shame has an extra back to wipe......Swamy's gaping back is a heavy burden for this P.Aandy!
Pakka balla hiding in Australia and barking at the Moon....what a coward and a typical Runner Sinha (laya)!
Now this Balu kukka is wagging its tail at Thambiyas who have fed and bribed the Thattayas and their goons with beef and arrakku and women and who knows even money.
I hear Saudi Kinkdom had donated several millions of dollars to tame the barking morons and Percy had told how to make the morons happy.
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 8 Mar 2013 06:21:55 GMT Report for Abuse
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Megashame is a typical Dobiya who pimp around Rajapakse.
Sri Lanka should listen to people like Dayan Jayatilleke,Prof Rajiv Wiejesinghe to face IC. |
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8 Mar 2013 06:33:09 GMT Report for Abuse
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No wonder GOSL's uneducated jokers are famous for worshipping actors Kuddas Gangsters Rappists, making 3rd class uneducated rowdies as their Chief Ministers MPs Ministers
Miracle of Asia ! |
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8 Mar 2013 06:34:12 GMT Report for Abuse
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Pakka balla hiding in Australia and barking at the Moon....what a coward and a typical Runner Sinha (laya)!
He is not a Sri Lankan or a Sinhalaya. |
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8 Mar 2013 06:35:20 GMT Report for Abuse
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SL can teach human rights to US and EU says CJ
menna niyama chinkalaya ! |
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In a move that would embarrass the Government of Sri Lanka, the second draft of the US-sponsored Human Rights Resolution on Sri Lanka has welcomed calls by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay for an independent international investigation into war crimes, while also 'reiterating' that the government initiate an independent investigation into alleged violations of international law. |
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8 Mar 2013 07:04:00 GMT Report for Abuse
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A sovereign nation has the right to domestically apply laws to nullify threats to the country. That instance was hijacked by several foreign nations through various interferences that not only helped continue LTTE terrorism but resulted in thousands of civilian deaths. Why is the accountability of these foreign Governments/representatives never subject to investigation?
It was in July 1987 that Sri Lankan forces cornered LTTE leader in Vadamarachchi and India threatened to invade Sri Lanka if Prabakaran was not let free, India went so far as to give Prabakaran refuge in India. India has conveniently forgotten its culpability. It was foreign Governments that forced 5 peace talks and ceasefire none of which arrived at any solution except to virtually hand over territory to an armed terrorist organization and watched them acquire arms and recruit children to kill. These very trainers live on foreign soil and questions why their roles in training children to kill is not investigated or charged.
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Those that want international investigation teams to monitor the situation in Sri Lanka may have forgotten the presence of the Nordic Monitoring Mission (SLMM) that was on the ground tabulating the violations and the LTTE had close to 4000 if not more as against less than 50 by the armed forces and nothing much was done about these violations except a statement which didn t provide any reprieve for those bombed to pieces. |
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