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We in Sri Lanka are shocked and disappointed at the recent statement of Sonia Gandhi - (Congress President Gandhi recently denounced Sri Lanka for the “unspeakable atrocities” on Tamils). We have respect for her particularly for the manner in which she stepped aside and brought in Manmohan as PM after the last elections, but she has recently made certain statements on the situation in Lanka which disappointed us; what she knows about our problem may not be worth knowing but let her be informed that it was her mother-in- law Indira Gandhi who wreaked havoc in our country by transforming a low intensity ethnic conflict into a terrorist war by arming and training Tamil militants. If she wishes to know more about it she should at least read the copy of India Today of February 1984, or ask Shekar Gupta or many others who were around in Delhi at the time.
Let her be also informed that her late husband, whom I had the privilege of meeting many times when he was out of office and VP Singh who took over as Prime Minister, would never have made the statement she made. It was indeed a pity that he let himself be tricked by LTTE operatives who called on him in Delhi and made him believe that no harm would come to him if he campaigned in Tamil Nadu – and we know what the LTTE did --- incidentally did either Karnanidhi or Jayalalithaa openly condemn the LTTE for their dastardly act which changed the history of India and most definitely of the sub-continent; Mani Shankar Iyar who was closely associated with Rajiv at the time would bear me out.
Tamil was also made an official language of Sri Lanka, which was of course long overdue; cheap misguided so-called nationalism prevented it; there were a few good aspects to the Indo-Lanka Agreement but the ‘letters exchanged’ circumscribed our sovereignty. The conditions imposed on us by the letters exchanged between the President and the Prime Minister were, and is even now unacceptable to the people of our country, they were an imposition and we need to get back our country’s dignity. India had, and has legitimate security concerns but this was not the manner in which they should have been addressed. We need to be concerned and mindful of India’s security and strategic interests as much as we need to be watchful and concerned about India’s motivations and intentions towards this country. India must make a solemn declaration and give us cast iron guarantees that there would be no interference directly or indirectly in our internal affairs in any form or manner, this must be sacrosanct.
Recent actions by the Tamil Nadu government and Delhi caving in, certainly does not make for better relations. There is no doubt that Delhi played cheap politics –taking us for granted. I dare to say this is not in the interest of India or our relations with a country with which we have a blood relationship.raviraj Wednesday, 03 April 2013 03:43 AM
anybody in his right mind would agree with Sonia Gandhi on her views on the anguish of the Sl Tamils
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