Pro-LTTE outfit asks India's help to solve Lankan Tamils issue
New Delhi, Nov 13 Pressing for an "acceptable" political solution to Sri Lanka's ethnic problem, a pro-LTTE political party of the island nation today sought India's intervention to stop war and suggested it could bring LTTE chief V Prabhakaran "on board" for a negotiated settlement.
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) appealed to India to "complete its unfinished agenda" in Sri Lanka and ask Mahinda Rajapaksa government to stop its "obsession with a military solution" to the ethnic issue.
Senior TNA leader and MP Srikantha said the Sri Lankan government should commit itself to resolve the conflict through a political settlement to avoid "a split" in the country.
"We are ready for an acceptable political solution that addresses the basic aspirations of the Tamil people. That can be had within the framework of a united country," Srikantha, who is accompanied by another party MP M K Sivajilingam, told reporters here.
He said if the Sri Lankan Government agrees to settle the conflict through a political solution that satisfies the "legitimate political aspirations of the Tamils", he was hopeful of bringing Prabhakaran "on board".
"We urge India to put its foot down and tell the Sri Lankan government to halt the ongoing military offensive that has caused immense loss of lives and hardships to people caught between the two warring groups -- LTTE and the Sri Lankan Army in the Wanni region," Srikantha said.
India, which has greater interests in the affairs of the island, should also tell the Sri Lankan Government to come out of its "obsession with a military solution and play a greater role in bringing peace to the nation," he said. (Agencies)
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) appealed to India to "complete its unfinished agenda" in Sri Lanka and ask Mahinda Rajapaksa government to stop its "obsession with a military solution" to the ethnic issue.
Senior TNA leader and MP Srikantha said the Sri Lankan government should commit itself to resolve the conflict through a political settlement to avoid "a split" in the country.
"We are ready for an acceptable political solution that addresses the basic aspirations of the Tamil people. That can be had within the framework of a united country," Srikantha, who is accompanied by another party MP M K Sivajilingam, told reporters here.
He said if the Sri Lankan Government agrees to settle the conflict through a political solution that satisfies the "legitimate political aspirations of the Tamils", he was hopeful of bringing Prabhakaran "on board".
"We urge India to put its foot down and tell the Sri Lankan government to halt the ongoing military offensive that has caused immense loss of lives and hardships to people caught between the two warring groups -- LTTE and the Sri Lankan Army in the Wanni region," Srikantha said.
India, which has greater interests in the affairs of the island, should also tell the Sri Lankan Government to come out of its "obsession with a military solution and play a greater role in bringing peace to the nation," he said. (Agencies)
Nov 13, 2008
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