Govt. refuses to release Indian fishermen -Despite Jayalalithaa’s threat to abort talks
Sri Lanka yesterday said it has no plans to release 74 Indian fishermen and the 18 boats seized on Wednesday, before the proposed Colombo Talks next Tuesday (25), despite Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Jeyaram categorically stating that there will be no talks if the fishermen are not released.
It is learnt that Jayalalithaa has written to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh calling for immediate intervention of the Centre for the release of the Tamil Nadu fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan Navy on 19 March.
Director General of the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Nimal Hettiarachchi, told Ceylon Today the Tamil Nadu fishermen are repeatedly violating rules and regulations governing fishing in the Indian Ocean and are continuously crossing the Sri Lanka’s International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL).
“Minister Rajitha Senaratne is firm now and has made a decision not to release the fishermen,” he said.
Hettiarachchi said they will continue with the arrangements for the second round of talks to be held on 25 March. “Any release of the fishermen will have to be arranged between governments,” he said.
In the meantime, Tamil Nadu continues to retain 11 Sri Lankan fishermen in their custody. (Ceylon Today)
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Are we heading to an invasion by the Indian Army to release these rogue fisherman?
As election approaches, the Congress led Italian mafia Government in India has to do something dramatic to captivate fanatical Tamil voters in the South.
It’s time the Indians realise that we are a Nation of Sinhala Buddhists who are proud of our heritage and are ready to challenge anyone or anything that threatens our existence.
We eliminated the world’s most feared terror group, the LTTE. We spared nothing in that quest for peace and justice and we won, we secured a victory that is destined to the annals of world history as an outstanding feat that helped shaped destiny of mankind.
Today, the Lion flag flies high in Killinochi. We pay homage to the blood sacrifice of 30,000 Sinhala Buddhist young men who sacrificed their lives not only for the survival of Sinhala Buddhism but the perpetuation of the world’s humanity as a whole.
New threats are coming our way in the form of a bi-annual circus in Geneva under the leadership of Nazi Pillay and from our fanatical neighbors through interference in our internal affairs and threat on our sovereignty.
Let these clown know, the lion flag will continue to fly and the fearless Sinhala Buddhists are prepared to sacrifice anything to keep that flag flying high.
Well done sir ! Reply that whore-some Jayalalitha in kind. Those cowards who are already shivering about an Indian invasion can go and hide under the bed with a plastic bag to catch the leaking urine.