Politicians and activists across Tamil Nadu have expressed their opinion that the Sri Lankan state is engaged in genocide against the Tamils on the island.
Calling the Sri Lankan regime a ‘genocidal’ one, Vaiko appealed to the Indian Prime Minister to stop military assistance to the island’s government.
“I am registering my view that the present action, approach, attitude of the Indian Government amounting to assist the genocidal Sri Lanka regime is sowing the seeds of sorrow and despair, loss of confidence in the minds of the Tamils” the leader of the MDMK wrote in his letter to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh dated 18 March 2008.
Similarly, Paatali Makkal Kadchi (PMK) founder S Ramadoss wondered whether the Indian government was silent only because those at the receiving end of "genocidal frenzy" were voiceless Tamils.
In a letter to the Indian Prime Minister, he assailed “New Delhi's mindless and callous attitude”, reported the Times of India.
Ramadoss said if India could do nothing directly, it could have acted through the UN Security Council, the paper reported.
"This has not even been attempted despite the fact that Sri Lanka has been listed among the eight red alert' countries where genocide or mass atrocities were either underway or were in the risk of breaking out," he is quoted as saying.
"For the scheming bureaucrats and unconcerned decision-makers in New Delhi, are the war-and-genocide-mongers in Colombo more important than the millions of law-abiding Tamilians? Is the honour and self-respect of these millions are of no concern to them?" the PMK leader allegedly asked.
The poet and central government parliamentarian Kanimozhi has also expressed similar sentiment.
Tamils were gradually being wiped out in the island nation, she said in a report in The Hindu on January 2 this year.
Citing a few lines from Mr. Vairamuthu's poem, she said, "There was no point in living on the past glory without raising our voice against the genocide of Tamils."
The strongest Tamil Nadu voice against the genocide has been from the Communist Party of India, which has been consistently at the forefront of the latest protests on behalf of Sri Lankan Tamils.
A press release from the National Executive in September 2008 expressed alarm at the “worsening situation” in Sri Lanka, calling the actions of the Sri Lankan government ‘genocide’.
“Instead of finding a political solution to the four decade old ethnic problem and take steps for a just, viable political settlement to solve the ethnic conflict the Sri Lankan government has unleashed an undeclared war against the Tamils in Sri Lanka, using indiscriminate aerial bombings on civilian habitats including schools and hospitals, which had resulted in the killing of hundreds of innocent children and women and had displaced hundreds of people,” the press release said.
“The Sri Lankan government is neither providing them any relief or allowing voluntary groups to extend humanitarian help to them,” it noted.
“While this genocide is on across the Palk Straits, and the Indian fishermen are often getting killed by the Sri Lankan army, the Indian government remains a dumb witness to these tragic events,” the National Executive chastised the Indian government.
In the lead up to the hunger strikes organised by many organisations across Tamil Nadu in support of the Tamils in Sri Lanka, the notion that the events in Sri Lankan were genocidal gained popular credence in Tamil Nadu.
“Unlike in many other conflicts, in Sri Lanka, a group has taken up arms to defend its people from genocide,” noted a news report of the time.
“Sri Lankan state has embarked on a focused effort to crush the struggle and to erase the Tamil people from the map of Sri Lanka. The Indian Government should recognize this and work towards saving the Tamil people. It should not be seen as collaborating in Sri Lanka's genocide of Tamils,” was an oft heard cry from the speakers at the various hunger strikes, including Tamil film director Seeman.
The Tamil Protection Movement (TPM), an umbrella organization consisting of pro-Eelam political parties, NGOs, members of the film fraternity and Tamil associations also condemned the Indian state for extending military support to the ‘genocidal’ Sri Lankan Government.
Politicians and activists across Tamil Nadu have expressed their opinion that the Sri Lankan state is engaged in genocide against the Tamils on the island.
Calling the Sri Lankan regime a ‘genocidal’ one, Vaiko appealed to the Indian Prime Minister to stop military assistance to the island’s government.
“I am registering my view that the present action, approach, attitude of the Indian Government amounting to assist the genocidal Sri Lanka regime is sowing the seeds of sorrow and despair, loss of confidence in the minds of the Tamils” the leader of the MDMK wrote in his letter to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh dated 18 March 2008.
Similarly, Paatali Makkal Kadchi (PMK) founder S Ramadoss wondered whether the Indian government was silent only because those at the receiving end of "genocidal frenzy" were voiceless Tamils.
In a letter to the Indian Prime Minister, he assailed “New Delhi's mindless and callous attitude”, reported the Times of India.
Ramadoss said if India could do nothing directly, it could have acted through the UN Security Council, the paper reported.
"This has not even been attempted despite the fact that Sri Lanka has been listed among the eight red alert' countries where genocide or mass atrocities were either underway or were in the risk of breaking out," he is quoted as saying.
"For the scheming bureaucrats and unconcerned decision-makers in New Delhi, are the war-and-genocide-mongers in Colombo more important than the millions of law-abiding Tamilians? Is the honour and self-respect of these millions are of no concern to them?" the PMK leader allegedly asked.
The poet and central government parliamentarian Kanimozhi has also expressed similar sentiment.
Tamils were gradually being wiped out in the island nation, she said in a report in The Hindu on January 2 this year.
Citing a few lines from Mr. Vairamuthu's poem, she said, "There was no point in living on the past glory without raising our voice against the genocide of Tamils."
The strongest Tamil Nadu voice against the genocide has been from the Communist Party of India, which has been consistently at the forefront of the latest protests on behalf of Sri Lankan Tamils.
A press release from the National Executive in September 2008 expressed alarm at the “worsening situation” in Sri Lanka, calling the actions of the Sri Lankan government ‘genocide’.
“Instead of finding a political solution to the four decade old ethnic problem and take steps for a just, viable political settlement to solve the ethnic conflict the Sri Lankan government has unleashed an undeclared war against the Tamils in Sri Lanka, using indiscriminate aerial bombings on civilian habitats including schools and hospitals, which had resulted in the killing of hundreds of innocent children and women and had displaced hundreds of people,” the press release said.
“The Sri Lankan government is neither providing them any relief or allowing voluntary groups to extend humanitarian help to them,” it noted.
“While this genocide is on across the Palk Straits, and the Indian fishermen are often getting killed by the Sri Lankan army, the Indian government remains a dumb witness to these tragic events,” the National Executive chastised the Indian government.
In the lead up to the hunger strikes organised by many organisations across Tamil Nadu in support of the Tamils in Sri Lanka, the notion that the events in Sri Lankan were genocidal gained popular credence in Tamil Nadu.
“Unlike in many other conflicts, in Sri Lanka, a group has taken up arms to defend its people from genocide,” noted a news report of the time.
“Sri Lankan state has embarked on a focused effort to crush the struggle and to erase the Tamil people from the map of Sri Lanka. The Indian Government should recognize this and work towards saving the Tamil people. It should not be seen as collaborating in Sri Lanka's genocide of Tamils,” was an oft heard cry from the speakers at the various hunger strikes, including Tamil film director Seeman.
The Tamil Protection Movement (TPM), an umbrella organization consisting of pro-Eelam political parties, NGOs, members of the film fraternity and Tamil associations also condemned the Indian state for extending military support to the ‘genocidal’ Sri Lankan Government.
In a statement in March 2008, Ramadoss and Thol Thirumavalavan, President of the Viduthalai Chiruththaikal Kadchi (VCK or Liberation Panthers Party) demanded the "Indian Government to radically change its approach and actions in the Sri Lankan Tamils issue" and warned the union government not to be seen as collaborating in Sri Lanka's genocide of Tamils.
