TN Assembly seeks economic sanctions against Lanka

Urging the Centre to approach the United Nations to declare as war criminals those who are responsible for killing thousands of Tamils in Sri Lanka in the last phase of the civil conflict two years ago,the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Wednesday adopted a resolution unanimously. It also demanded that India should join hands with the international community to impose economic sanctions on the island nation to ensure that the remaining Tamils,lodged behind barbed wires since then,return to a life with basic rights and dignity.

Speaking on the resolution that she moved,the Chief Minister also used the opportunity to unleash an attack on the previous DMK regime headed by M Karunanidhi,criticising it for staging “dramas” instead of taking efforts to actually working to save the lives of the Lankan Tamils who eventually succumbed to the shells and bullets of the army there.

The resolution charged the Sri Lankan government with indiscriminate shelling even on hospitals and habitations. “The Sri Lankan government neither heeds to India or anyone else when it comes to the basic rights of Tamils. Economic sanction is the only way we can force the government there to ensure that the Tamils,who are now locked inside the government-run refugee camps,will have a life of pride,dignity and equality,” said Jaya during the discussion on the resolution.