Tamil Nadu

Recognise Eelam Tamils’ struggle for rights: Ramadoss

VILLUPURAM: All political parties and organisations in Tamil Nadu should stand united and insist upon the Union government to recognise the Eelam Tamils’ struggle for their rights, said S. Ramadoss, founder of the Pattali Makkal Katchi.

In an all-party meeting being convened by Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on October 14, all leaders should sink their differences and adopt a unanimous resolution urging the Centre to take necessary action for immediate cessation of military attacks on Tamil areas in the island. The parties should also prevail upon the Centre to stop indirect military support to the Sri Lankan army and withdraw the Indian military experts who had been deputed there for imparting training to them, Dr. Ramadoss told presspersons at Thailapuram on Friday. Dr. Ramadoss said the Sri Lankan government should allow humanitarian help such as supply of food and medicines to reach war-torn areas through international organisations such as the UNO and International Red Cross Society.

He welcomed the statement issued by All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader Jayalalithaa that food and medicines must be rushed to the Tamil areas in Sri Lanka. Parties should see to it that the Centre implement fully all the resolutions passed in the all-party meeting within a time frame.

He said it must be left to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam that was acting as a fortress to the ethnic Tamils and the Sri Lankan government to sort out the issue without any external interference or imposition. It was up to them to decide on the creation of a separate Tamil Eelam or an autonomous region, he said.

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