A remark by Sri Lanka’s Chennai-based Deputy High Commissioner Vadivel Krishnamoorhthy that camps of displaced Tamils in Sri Lanka were not like a zoo to be visited by people has sparked calls for his expulsion.
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P. Nedumaran |
MDMK General Secretary Vaiko and Sri Lankan Tamils Protection Movement coordinator P. Nedumaran have taken strong exception to the remark made by the Sri Lankan envoy.
In a statement issued in India the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) General Secretary said, “The Central Government should make Mr. Krishnamoorthy apologise for his inappropriate remarks and ask him to leave India immediately.”
Mr. Nedumaran said that at a time when political parties in Tamil Nadu were urging the Indian government to send a delegation of MPs to Sri Lanka to find out the condition of the displaced Tamils there, the Lankan envoy’s remark had insulted the people of Tamil Nadu.
Besides, Mr. Krishnamoorthy had also stated that Sri Lanka was a sovereign nation and that it would take action against whoever trespassed into its waters. No other envoy had made such an arrogant statement so far, Mr. Nedumaran said and urged the Centre to ask Mr. Krishnamoorthy to leave India immediately. |
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