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By PTI - CHENNAI
01st August 2012 08:59 PM
Terming reports of Chinese presence
in Sri Lanka as a threat to India's national security, DMK
chief M Karunanidhi today said the August 12 conference of the
pro-Eelam body TESO would discuss it among other things and
bring it to the attention of the Centre.
Citing reports in a section of the vernacular media, he
alleged that Sri Lanka was setting up a "temporary camp," with
the assistance of the Chinese Navy in international waters
near Dhanushkodi.
"Should not such issues, a threat to India's security, be
discussed and taken up with the Centre for a solution? We are
holding TESO (Tamil Ealam Supporters' Organisation) meeting
for this purpose only (among others)," he said in a letter to
party workers.
Explaining the rationale behind the first meet of the
defunct organisation he founded in the 1980s and recently
revived by him, Karunanidhi said the conference was an attempt
at healing the "wounds sustained by Tamils," due to the ethnic
clash in Sri Lanka.
Union Ministers Sharad Pawar and Farooq Abdullah and JD (U)
leader Sharad Yadav among a gamut of national and
international leaders besides Tamil diaspora will participate
in the meet, he added.
Copyright © 2012 The New Indian Express. All rights reserved.
Comments(8)
It is good that the issue "of Chinese presence in Sri Lanka as a threat to India's national security" is raised at least now. All pro-LTTE TN leaders must undergo introspection if their anti-India postures serve Chinese vested interests or not. Also they need to answer why they have not criticized China for safeguarding Raja Pakshe in UN forums?
Posted by Gandhi at 08/01/2012 21:29 Reply to this Report abuse
This joker MK thinks everyone is a fool. His plan was to rake up Tamil Elam and pro LTTE issue thru this TESO conference to "keep himself busy". Since centre did not allow that, he started giving all sorts of reasons for holding the conference.
Posted by Jamina at 08/01/2012 21:46 Reply to this Report abuse
Whatever may be compulsions of DMK Chief to organize the proposed meet, there is no denying the fact that, India is slowly giving up its space to China right in its own backyard. Either it is preoccupied only with Pak. problems and the J & K issue and nothing else, or, those who matter in external affairs ministry harbouring singular overwhelming idea about favourable predisposition of Sri Lanka to us had induced a lethargy, which is not at all good for Nation. Many times the importance of re-possession of Katchchatheevu island and re-establishing India's presence and dominance unequivocally in waters of Gulf of Mannar and Paulk Straits have been stressed. It needs to be made again. "Hello Delhi, wake up; wake up before it is too late".
Posted by KANNAN at 08/01/2012 23:05 Reply to this Report abuse
More than the Chinese the divisive ideology of the LTTE and its sympathizers is a main concern for India. We should never allow the LTTE to resurface on our soil.
Posted by Mathai at 08/02/2012 07:41 Reply to this Report abuse
Reminds a view expressed by MJ Akbar, long ago. Akbar spoke about democracy destroying the first ever serious cessation tendency in India- the EVR movment and the activities that followed. Akbar says, by participating in a democracy, the same separatism leaning leaders found themselves at the helm in Delhi as ministers and parliamentarians- handling the entire India rather than only Tamil Nadu! Karunanithi, inadvertantly, has projected such a welcome anxiety on a National problem!
Posted by Chandran Nair at 08/02/2012 01:49 Reply to this Report abuse
An Old Man in a Hurry. Karuna is trying hard to repair the political damage suffered by the DMK due to his family over the past two years. He sees a bleak future or possible division of the DMK after his imminent death. Anxiety has made him a clown to embrace even a dead body for his survival. Like all the stupid political nuts in Tamil Nadu he too wants to piggyback on the Lankan Tamil issue which is an exaggerated myth. If irresponsible TN politicos do not stop their fishing in murky Lankan waters there`s no doubt Lanka will be giving every inch of its strategic space to the Chinese.
Posted by Kunasingham(Ottawa) at 08/02/2012 07:33 Reply to this Report abuse
By " giving every inch of its strategic space to the Chinese", Srilanka is increasing the probability of itself becoming the battle front for the next Indo-China war. The delay in solving the Tamils issue may prove to be costly to all , probably uniting Tamils and Srilankans in destruction.
Posted by Gandhi at 08/02/2012 08:01 Reply to this Report abuse
Also Srilankan Tamils diaspora may face forced eviction ( like Tamils experienced in Burma once) from the western countries , if the economic conditions there worsen & racist attacks grows unchecked. Hence the delay will prove to be costly to them also.
Posted by Gandhi at 08/02/2012 08:10 Reply to this Report abuse