Karunanidhi informed that he had appealed the Indian Central government to send a special envoy to bring a settlement to SriLankan crisis, which was welcomed by the Sambanthan team. Meanwhile, the Alliance requested, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister should interfere in the affairs of Tamil people, in the welfare of Sri lankan Tamils.
The Alliance informed Karunanidhi that after the end of war with the Tamil Eelam Liberation tigers, only a minimum advancement is being processed in the rehabilitation activities for the Tamils by the Sri Lankan government. On this context, Karunanidhi had requested to send a special envoy to Sri Lanka to observe the welfare of Tamils, for which the Alliance welcomed. Alliance appealed that a proper settlement should be met for the racial crisis in Sri Lanka, and they alleged that the motherland is turned out to be the fortress of military and activities are processed for Sinhalese colonization.
Sambanthan headed the Alliance, and Mawai Senathiraja, Suresh Piremachandran, Selvam Adaikalanathan and Sumenthirai attended the meeting on behalf the Tamil National Alliance.
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Tamil National Alliance party headed by its leader R.Sambanthan today met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Muthuwel Karunanidhi in Chennai, in his residence was according to reports.
Sri Lankan government had informed that the land mines excavation in the Jaffna Vadamarachchi area has been done completely. Government believes, the resettlements could be expedited. [
Reports states, 89 thousand women living in the north and east provinces have lost their husbands due to war. Out of them 25,000 widows are living in the Batticoloa district is according to statistics reports. Tamil National Alliance Parliament Member P.Selvaraja made this statement. [
Reports states, the Sinhalese and Muslim businessmen are in the habit of grabbing the abandoned assets of displaced Vanni people. Towards these activities the military are engaged in duties in the Vanni region are cooperating is according to Vanni information. [
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Indian External Affairs Secretary Nirupama Rao visited Mullaitheevu today to find the situations in the district. She met the Mullaitheevu Government Agent Nagalingam Vethanayagam at 8.30 a.m. The Government Agent informed in detail about the situation of the resettled persons, and the request for Indian aid. She distributed Indian aid items to the resettled people. [
A leading Sinhala website had quoted a news item that Democratic National Alliance Leader Sarath Fonseka had suddenly suffering from ill health. The doctors from the navy forces are examining his health conditions is according to reports. [
Prof.C.K.Chittampalam made a statement that, arms supplied from India during the internal war in Sri Lanka, is the main cause for the massive devastation of Tamil civilians which is the general opinion from many Tamils. He made this comment while he met Indian External Affairs Secretary Nirupama Rao at the Jaffna Public Library yesterday. [
The Supreme Court of New Zealand Friday dismissed the appeal of the government seeking rejection of the refugee status of an Eezham Tamil who was captaining a ship carrying arms to the LTTE. [
Democratic People’s Front Leader Mano Ganeshan said, the Sri Lankan government does not have any concern to find a settlement to the crisis faced by the Sri lankan Tamils. [
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A senior Sri Lankan Army commander and frontline soldier have told Britain’s Channel 4 News that point-blank executions of Tamils at the end of the civil war in May 2009 were carried out under orders ‘from the top’. In an extended segment on Sri Lanka Tuesday, Channel 4 broadcast translated video interviews with the two soldiers. [