Protests against MR unfair: BJP

BJP Tamil Nadu leader L. Ganesan on Thursday said the protests against President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s visit to Tirupati was unfair as it was not ethical to prevent somebody from pursuing one’s personal belief.

Mr. Ganesan condemned the attack on journalists from Tamil Nadu covering the Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa’s visit in Tirupati, The Hindu reported.   

He said the refusal to meet and talk to the Sri Lankan President and at the same time, demanding a resolution of the Tamils’ issue was similar to asking a doctor to cure sick persons without seeing them.

Referring to media reports that Indian fishermen may abide by a seasonal moratorium on fishing across the International Maritime Boundary Line, Mr.Ganesan said the Central government would talk to the Sri Lankan government and evolve a permanent solution to the fishermen issue.

Once the Centre evolved a permanent solution to the fishermen’s issue, the naysayers, who called the BJP’s efforts “mere drama”, would become silent, he said.