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Thursday, June 5, 2014
Jayalalithaa wants Indian-sponsored resolution on SL
June 5, 2014
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa Jayaram, in a strongly-worded 28-page memorandum submitted to Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, on Tuesday (3), requested India to sponsor a resolution at the United Nations against Sri Lanka.
Under the title 'Sri Lankan Tamil Issue' she said in the memo there were very strong sentiments amongst Tamils in Tamil Nadu on a range of issues relating to India's relations with the present regime in Sri Lanka in the aftermath of the final stages of the civil war.
The memo said the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly has already passed four Resolutions condemning the continuing discrimination against the Tamil minorities in Sri Lanka and violation of their human rights. "The resolution should also provide for holding a referendum amongst Tamils in Sri Lanka and displaced Sri Lankan Tamils across the world for formation of a separate Tamil Eelam," the memo said.
She also called for the protection of the 'Traditional Fishing Rights of Indian Fishermen in the Palk Bay' and ensuring of their safety and security.
"I had written 41 times in the last three years to the then Prime Minister on the 76 incidents of apprehension and 67 incidents of attacks on or harassment of the fishermen of Tamil Nadu by the Sri Lankan Navy. These incidents have caused great unrest amongst the fishermen community of Tamil Nadu. Such incidents are a national issue as any attack on an innocent Indian is an attack on India. But the previous government did not take up the matter forcefully.
"Although our fishermen, in an accommodative frame of mind, have come forward for talks between the fishermen of the two countries, the second round of talks held in Colombo on 12 May 2014 failed without any agreement due to the obduracy of the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry officials," she had said.
On the retrieval of Kachchatheevu and the restoration of 'traditional fishing rights' of Tamil Nadu fishermen she had quoted that Kachchatheevu, a small island of approximately 28 acres in the Palk Straits off Rameswaram, was originally under the ownership of the Raja of Ramanathapuram for which there is sufficient documentary proof.
In 1991, the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly passed a resolution seeking the retrieval of the Kachchatheevu Island and the sea area adjacent to it to India.
"However, Kachchatheevu was ceded to Sri Lanka without a constitutional amendment and hence the ceding is unlawful and not valid," the memo said.
Jayalalithaa also called for Long Liners to reduce the pressure of bottom-trawling boats in the Palk Bay, which will cost Rs 975 crores over three years and asked for assistance for a Mid Sea Fish Processing Park. Under this project, which will cost approximately Rs 5.80 crores, a 'Carrier Mother Vessel' will be stationed at mid-sea, and will support and supply 'Baby Vessels' involved in commercial fishing in the deep seas. This will add value to the fish caught in the deep seas and also reduce the pressure of fishing in the shallow waters of Palk Bay, the memorandum read.
June 5, 2014 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa Jayaram, in a strongly-worded 28-page memorandum submitted to Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, on Tuesday (3), requested India to sponsor a resolution at the United Nations against Sri Lanka.
Under the title 'Sri Lankan Tamil Issue' she said in the memo there were very strong sentiments amongst Tamils in Tamil Nadu on a range of issues relating to India's relations with the present regime in Sri Lanka in the aftermath of the final stages of the civil war.
The memo said the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly has already passed four Resolutions condemning the continuing discrimination against the Tamil minorities in Sri Lanka and violation of their human rights. "The resolution should also provide for holding a referendum amongst Tamils in Sri Lanka and displaced Sri Lankan Tamils across the world for formation of a separate Tamil Eelam," the memo said.
She also called for the protection of the 'Traditional Fishing Rights of Indian Fishermen in the Palk Bay' and ensuring of their safety and security.
"I had written 41 times in the last three years to the then Prime Minister on the 76 incidents of apprehension and 67 incidents of attacks on or harassment of the fishermen of Tamil Nadu by the Sri Lankan Navy. These incidents have caused great unrest amongst the fishermen community of Tamil Nadu. Such incidents are a national issue as any attack on an innocent Indian is an attack on India. But the previous government did not take up the matter forcefully.
"Although our fishermen, in an accommodative frame of mind, have come forward for talks between the fishermen of the two countries, the second round of talks held in Colombo on 12 May 2014 failed without any agreement due to the obduracy of the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry officials," she had said.
On the retrieval of Kachchatheevu and the restoration of 'traditional fishing rights' of Tamil Nadu fishermen she had quoted that Kachchatheevu, a small island of approximately 28 acres in the Palk Straits off Rameswaram, was originally under the ownership of the Raja of Ramanathapuram for which there is sufficient documentary proof.
In 1991, the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly passed a resolution seeking the retrieval of the Kachchatheevu Island and the sea area adjacent to it to India.
"However, Kachchatheevu was ceded to Sri Lanka without a constitutional amendment and hence the ceding is unlawful and not valid," the memo said.
Jayalalithaa also called for Long Liners to reduce the pressure of bottom-trawling boats in the Palk Bay, which will cost Rs 975 crores over three years and asked for assistance for a Mid Sea Fish Processing Park. Under this project, which will cost approximately Rs 5.80 crores, a 'Carrier Mother Vessel' will be stationed at mid-sea, and will support and supply 'Baby Vessels' involved in commercial fishing in the deep seas. This will add value to the fish caught in the deep seas and also reduce the pressure of fishing in the shallow waters of Palk Bay, the memorandum read.
