Sri Lanka: Jaya breathes fire, Karunanidhi defends self

Sunday, 04 November 2007

AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa has condemned Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi for ''eulogising'' LTTE political wing secretary Thamilselvan. Jayalalithaa has demanded the dismissal of his government for violating the Constitution by supporting the banned Sri Lankan outfit. In a statement issued in Chennai, she said Karunanidhi's ''action of praising Thamilselvan'', killed in an airstrike by the Sri Lankan airforce on Saturday, was unconstitutional as the LTTE was banned in India and its leader V Prabhakaran was a proclaimed offender in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.

She alleged it was clear from Karunananidhi's action he had ''secret ties'' with the LTTE and had been ''helping'' them.

Jayalalithaa said Karunanidhi had not commented yet on the recent arrest of a Dalit Panthers of India (DPI) activist for allegedly supplying arms and ammunition which also showed he was helping the LTTE.

''Such a person has no right to be Chief Minister and Karunanidhi has lost that right,'' she said and demanded that the Centre take immediate steps to dismiss the DMK government.

'Mere condolence'

In the meantime, defending his poem praising slain LTTE leader Thamilselvan, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi said on Saturday that it was ''human nature to express condolence'' and he sympathized with the death of the banned outfit's leader as he was a ''Tamil''.

''The person killed in Sri Lanka was a Tamil. As Tamil blood is running in my body also, I expressed my condolence,'' he wrote in the DMK-mouthpiece Murasoli.

The DMK patriarch said it was ''a human nature to express condolence'' even if a political rival passed away.

''On that basis only, I went and paid homage when senior AIADMK leader Nedunchezhiyan died,'' he added.

Reacting to AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa's demand that the Centre should dismiss his Government for alleged violation of the Constitution by ''supporting'' the proscribed outfit, Karunanidhi stated that MDMK chief Vaiko, an ally of the AIADMK, had issued a statement appealing to the international community to condemn the killing of Thamilselvan.

Expressing anguish over the death of Thamilselvan, the Chief Minister had on Saturday penned a poem, praising his courage and mental strength.

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pirabaran said:

we tamils must get together and make tamil eelam a reality. and then we must lebarate the tamilnadu from indian empire and then we need to capture whole island of sri lanka. that's how Israel was built.
only then we can invade whole indian subcontinent, a great tamil nation can ultimately build a great country. one day we can defeat china whole europe and america, yes dear tamil friends-america.
first we must kill those ****&#***** rajapakses.

2007-11-05 11:38:29