Jayalalithaa wants economic sanctions against Sri Lanka
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa has asked the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre to move a resolution before the UN Human Rights Council to impose economic sanctions against the Sri Lankan government till the Tamils displaced by the ethnic war are given their rights on par with the Sinhalese.
Replying to the debate on the governor’s address to the TN assembly, Jayalalithaa said the resolution could be based on the one adopted by the TN legislature in June last year.
“I reiterate once again that the Centre has to consider the Assembly resolution for the welfare of the Tamils,” she said. The resolution adopted in June 2011 urged the Centre to initiate action by working with other nations for imposition of an economic embargo on the Lankan government and declare perpetrators of genocide as war criminals, till the Tamils living in camps are resettled in their own places and allowed to live with dignity, self-respect and equal constitutional rights on par with the Sinhalese.” Her statement comes at a time when the United States proposes to pilot yet another resolution against Sri Lanka before the UNHRC.
Accusing the Manmohan Singh government of overlooking the safety of Tamil fishermen, Jayalalithaa said the Centre should prevail upon the Lankan government to maintain restraint and prevent attacks.
India Times
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Bitch without man suffering so longs time!
dannam pissuwa hondatama tada wela wage
You are shouting all the time to keep Tamil votes for you !!.
No harm for sailing vessels from barking of dogs.
You can impose not only economic sanctions, if you have other sanctions also you can impose. Who cares your sanctions or your country India. Do you think India is a great country in the world. Don’t crack international jokes to undermine your own country.
Dayaratne Bandara.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
This bitch has now come out of the woodwork like the other 3 pro-LTTE extremist politicians to garnish TN votes to stay in power. To slam SL with lies upon lies is good for their political progress in TN. Real issues such as immense poverty, hunger, disease and derth of education fall by the wayside.
I invite this mad cow,if she dares, to come with her delegation of rabid anti-SL pliticos to vist N & E in SL to see for herself the truth how happy the 300,000 plus SL Tamils are today who were rescued from being held as a human shield by VP and the LTTE, a war crime, and are now re-settled in their own furnished homes built by SL govt, their husbands well employed and their children receiving good free education up to the university with good prospects. Can TN match such progress in TN for their Tamil citizens?
Great comments. I think we should ditch India fortwith and seek the support of Bangladesh to fend the threat to the CHOGM. Bangladesh is the chair of the Commonwealth CMAG.
Hey Jayalalitha the foolish clown of Tamil nadu, please go ahead with your sanctions and see who would set to loose.
Since your foolish brain has no idea of facts, for your information, Sri Lanka imports much more from India than what India imports from Sri Lanka. Therefore with your sanctions, India will loose more by sanctions.
So, (para)jaya lalitha go ahead !
Madam Jeyalalitha, is absolutely right. Sri lanka will suffer economic sanction from not only India but also, US/Canada/EU. Firefox Bike shuts Srilankan plant, GSP+,(The European Union, citing Sri Lanka’s failure to meet human rights conventions relevant for benefits under the scheme, in August 2010, suspended the GSP+ tariff concession for Sri Lanka). US cancels military training to SL army, IMF is thinking twice to lend to SL. All we have is Tea/Rubber/Coconut. Looks like we are going downward spiral. At the end all we have will be our own nuts!!!