Wednesday, October 22, 2008

TAMILNADU'S LONG TERM SECESSIONIST PLANS SURFACE

Lanka-e-News, October 22, 2008, 1.45PM) "Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam general secretary Vaiko on Tuesday (21) warned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that any help extended to protect the integrity of Sri Lanka would only jeopardise the unity and integrity of India itself.

Addressing a meeting here, Mr. Vaiko said that there had been a resurgence of support for Sri Lankan Tamils in Tamil Nadu. People in the State would not hesitate to throw out any government at the Centre “if it does injustice” to the island Tamils.

He said he and his party cadres would not hesitate to carry arms to Sri Lanka in support of Sri Lankan Tamils in their struggle for Tamil Eelam. He was capable of mobilising people from all over the country for this purpose.

Chairman of the party presidium M. Kannappan said the opponents of LTTE were "Tamil traitors." He warned the Centre not to force Tamils in the State to launch a struggle for a separate Tamil Nadu. .."

It would be interesting to witness Vaiko attempting any thing of this nature, as he clearly understands that the Sri Lankan Defence establishment would have little trouble dealing with him. Vaiko is a demogogue, a panderer to the low end gallery and yet has to make any significant political inroads in Tamilnadu politics to be considered a power broker. In fact his latest assertion, which is a clear threat to India's national security, could easily become a career limiting move for him as well.

Sri Lanka needs to take a pro-active stand against these miscellaneous irritants, and would do well to let India know in advance that any attempts to smuggle arms or support the LTTE within our territorial boundaries would be dealt with deadly force.

No comments: