- By: TAMIL INFO SERVICE [TIS] EXCLUSIVE

: : WELCOME TO A TAMIL MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FROM SRILANKA and A SEMINAR TO EXCHANGE VIEWS at Puducherry : :
27-09-2006

40 TAMIL MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT IN INDIA MUST INTERACT WITH 22 TAMIL
NATIONAL ALLIANCE MEMBERS OF SRI LANKA

At Pondicherry now legally renamed as Pudhucherry a reception was accorded to Mr.M.K.Shivajilingam.M.P of Tamil Nationalist Alliance from Srilanka. The meeting was presided by Dravida Peravai General Secretary N.Nandhivarman. Industrialist Mr.Ira.Sembian rendered the welcome speech in poetic form.

State President of Rastriya Janata Dal headed by Lalu Prasad Yadav at national level Thiru.T.Sanjivi, Mr.Thanga.Kalaimaran of Bahujan Samaj Party headed by Mayavathi, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Mr.Sundaramurthy of Nationalist Congress Party headed by Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and A.Vanthiyathevan Publications Secretary of Marumalarchi DMK were in the dias. The Organizing Secretary of Dravida Peravai Syed Khader and Treasurer of Dravida Peravai Narambai Mahalingam were also in the stage.. On arrival NCP leader Sundaramurthy presented a shawl and welcomed Shivajilingam. Mr.Agni Subramanian Editor of Manitham accompanied the visiting Parliamentarian.

In his Presidential speech N.Nandhivarman said, all Tamils all over the world feel terribly upset and disappointed because still meeting of the Tamil National Alliance Members of Parliament with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Kalaignar M.Karunanithi did not unfortunately materialise. Even to listen to the elected representatives of Tamil people of Eelam if so much reluctance is shown it does not augur well for resolving the conflict. It is high time that 40 Tamil Members of Parliament in India meet their counterparts the 22 Tamil Nationalist Alliance Members of Srilanka and interact with them to find out a lasting solution to Peace. The voters must exercise pressure on their respective Members of Parliament to raise humanitarian issues of the suffering people of Tamil Eelam.

Nandhivarman proposed observance of 2 minutes silence in remembrance of Thileepan who gave up his life fasting on Gandhian lines and the gathering observed silence [26.9.2006]. He said it is wrong to differentiate Eelam struggle as before Rajiv and after Rajiv. For argument sake if revenge had to be taken India can only punish few and not entire Tamil race. Nandhivarman recalled that Indira Gandhi was assassinated by a Sikh and as tit for tat in Delhi riots nearly 4000 Sikhs lost lives. That is all. The episode of wreaking vengeance ended. Healing touch was applied and what more befitting example India can show other than making a Sikh Prime Minister to bury the sorrowful events of past. After Rajiv how many thousands of Tamils were killed in Srilanka ? Is not the deaths enough to end the revenge and avenging of Rajivs death. All nations have faced similar circumstances but nowhere for single assassination a whole race is cursed to bear the cross or driven to catacombs.

Mr.Shivajilingam M.P is his powerful oration narrated how many Srilankan governments have failed to honour commitments given to Tamils. Mr. Shivaji- lingam pointed out politely to India to take note of increasing Pakistani involvement in Srilanka including 15 Pakistani pilots to fly warplanes over eelam and the multibarrel guns and other arms supplied to Srilanka to crush the aspirations of Tamils. Even if India does not help us if it did not hinder our efforts we will defeat the combined conspiracies of Pakistan, China and Srilanka. If Tamil Eelam attains freedom forever it will remain as friendly country of India.

Agni Subramanian of Manitham narrated the human rights violations and explained the sufferings of Tamil people in detail. Mr.P.Parangusam Treasurer of Aringnar Anna Foundation proposed the vote of thanks.

A group discussion followed the meeting in which many questions were posed to Mr.Shivajilingam by the people as well as spies sent by Indian intelligence agencies. It was a open discussion with no hidden agendas and Mr.Shivajilingam reiterated the inevitability of Eelam as the only solution. The representatives of many parties of North India came together promising to persuade their national leadership to understand the ground realities in Tamil Eelam. Even a representative from Tamil Nationalist Movement Ira.Azhagiri participated in the meeting. However PMK representatives who had earlier given consent did not participate, may be local body elections took their time mostly and they had to skip the meet. [THE END]

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