TNA seeks meeting with Jayalalithaa

Friday, 30 May 2014 

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has sought a meeting with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa.

The TNA has congratulated Jayalalithaa for her “resounding victory” at the recently concluded elections to the Lok Sabha and sought a meeting with her to discuss the Tamil issue in Sri Lanka.

In a congratulatory message to the Chief Minister, TNA leader R. Sampanthan on behalf of Sri Lanka’s Tamil people has said her victory is an “astounding achievement” and is “indicative of the influence which you have the capacity to wield.”

He has appreciated the Chief Minister’s continuing concern towards the resolution of the Tamil question in Sri Lanka and said the party looks forward to working closely with the CM and her government to further strengthen the ties.

Recalling that following the anti-Tamil pogrom of 1983, Sri Lanka accepted the good offices of India to bring about a final and acceptable resolution of the national conflict, the TNA leader has said India has and continues to play a role in the process.

“The Tamil People in Sri Lanka do not desire a recurrence of violence. Their desire is that they and all other Sri Lankans are able to carry on their lives in the territories they live in, based on equality and justice,” Sampanthan has written to Jayalalithaa.

He said violence ended with the end of the armed conflict in May 2009 and opportunity presented for a permanent solution but Sri Lanka unfortunately has not honoured the commitments it made to India and to the International Community to bring about an acceptable political solution.