Sri Lankan Tamil issue: Karunanidhi hits back at Jayalalithaa

Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsDMK chief M Karunanidhi today hitback at the AIADMK for taking jibes at him regarding the SriLankan Tamils issue and said he gave up his 'fast unto death'demanding ceasefire at the height of the 2009 war only on theCentre's assurance that use of heavy artillery and aerialweapons would be halted. Responding to AIADMK Executive launching a tirade againsthim by describing his 2009 "fast unto death" as a drama,Karunanidhi quoted then External Affairs Minister PranabMukherji's statement that Sri Lanka had informed India thatsecurity forces were instructed to end the use of heavycaliber guns, combat aircraft and aerial weapons with themilitary prioritising rescue of stranded civilians. "How can one not believe when a Central Minister himselfsays so? Jayalalityhaa is trying to malign me," he saidwriting in party mouthpiece Murasoli. The AIADMK executive on Monday had said the DMK took upthe Sri Lankan Tamils' cause only when it was out of power andcharged Karunanidhi with focussing his resources towards his"family's welfare" while heading the government. Hitting back at Jayalalithaa, he said it was she who hadsaid casualties were common in a conflict and on an earlieroccassion demanded the extradition of LTTE chief V Prabhakaranby moving a resolution in the Tamil Nadu Assembly. He said she had also opposed any move to allow LTTE's thenpolitical advisor Anton Balasingam to receive medicaltreatment in any part of India even on humanitarian grounds. He recalled his various efforts to mitigate the sufferingsof the Lankan Tamils and demanding India's role in thisregard, such as holding a massive human chain in Chennai,sending telegrams to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPAChairperson Sonia Gandhi and even convening an all-partymeeting in 2008 when he was Chief Minister, which he said wasboycotted by Jayalalithaa.first published:January 01, 1970, 05:30 ISTlast updated:January 01, 1970, 05:30 IST
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