BJP wants food and medicine sent to Tamils

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Sep 25, 2007
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former home minster Lal Krishna Advani.
Expressing concern over the "deterioration of situation" in Northeastern Sri Lanka due to prolonged embargo imposed by the Colombo government, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna  Advani last week that the Indian government should send humanitarian aid to the Tamils by despatching food and medicine.
 
He told reporters that the aid, in consultation with the Sri Lankan government, should be routed through the Red Cross.
 
Opposing the Tamil Tigers’ demand for an independent Tamil Eelam, to safeguard the Tamils from Sinhala oppression, Advani said a solution to the ethnic problem should be found within a unified Sri Lanka.
 
He admitted, however, that ensuring justice for the Tamils of Sri Lanka was important in solving the ethnic strife in that country.
 
The Indian government should deploy the full weight of its political and diplomatic resources to ensure justice and dignified living for Tamils within the framework of a united Sri Lanka, he said.
 
The Tamils should be reassured that the government in Colombo wouyld care for their welfare without discrimination. Unfortunately, there had been widespread grievances about discrimination in the tsunami relief work, he said.

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