‘India did PR for Rajapaksa govt’
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public relations manager for the Sri Lanka�s Mahinda Rajapaksa
government in their war against the LTTE.
Delivering a speech at a function on �What next in Sri Lanka�, he said
instead of trying for a democratic solution for the ethnic crisis, India
was protecting the Lankan government from the international community by
whitewashing all the war crimes committed by that country.
He said India was directly involved in helping the Sri Lankan army along
with nations such as Israel, Pakistan, and China. �But the Indian
involvement were very secretive and would never come out,� he said.
The noted political commentator said India was trying to play up the
China�s involvement �just to justify their action� in the island nation.
He said Indian government did not favour a separate Tamil Eelam in that
country as �It feared that would have encouraged the sub-national groups
demanding separate states in the country�.
Sivaraman said the political parties which were ruling at the Centre and
the State were playing football game in the Sri Lankan ethnic issue, in
which �the football was Lankan Tamils�.
K Balagopal, Human Rights Forum, Hyderabad, said the Rajapaksa
government was taking it easy on the rehabilitation of the displaced
Tamils. �They are in no hurry for it as they are in a victorious mode.
And they know well that there is nobody to put pressure on them,� he said.
Balagopal said there are serious doubts raised by the international
community about the resettlement.
�Nobody is sure that whether they are going to be rehabilitated in their
original habitats because most of the areas are given to International
firms,� he said.
He said that the need of the hour was the democratisation of polity and
not just the devolution of powers.
�Steps should be taken to ensure the ethnic communities, Tamils and
Muslims, live with dignity, free of fear and with equal rights.�
uNmaiviLambi
> CHENNAI: Noted journalist Satya Sivaraman said India became just a
> government in their war against the LTTE.
Just accept that LTTE is finished. TN and Indians did not care for
them. Tamils in Sri Lanka needed/needs better leadership. LTTE did a
lousy job. TN and India are not stupid to fall for dumb tricks by
LTTE. LTTE did not have one friend in the world. They were so violent
it is a sad history in the life of Tamils. They were so influenced by
Christians and tried to damage the Hindu heritage on Tamils there.
Glad they are gone