Jaya calls for equal rights for Lankan Tamils, silent on Eelam !!!

AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday said the elimination of LTTE will not wipe out the "injustice" rendered to the Tamils in Sri Lanka and asked Colombo to ensure equal rights to all citizens.

Jayalalithaa, who had on the eve of elections asserted that Tamil Eelam was the only solution to resolve the ethnic strife in Sri Lanka, said the Sri Lankan government should address all genuine grievances of the Tamil community in the aftermath of the fall of LTTE.

"The unrest in Sri Lanka was triggered off only because the Tamils of the island were relegated, post-independence, to the status of secondary citizens in their own homeland.

"Decimation of the LTTE or the killings of its leaders will not wipe away the injustice meted out to this large community which had its roots in Sri Lanka," she said.

The Rajapakse government "should realise this basic truth," and address all the genuine grievances of the "oppressed" Tamil community and come out with necessary constitutional changes to ensure equal rights to all citizens in Sri Lanka, she said without referring to her Eelam demand nor reports of the death of LTTE chief Prabhakaran.

Ottavio Quattrochchi and Eelam !!!

Jayalalitha drew a parallel between India's letting off Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrochchi and the continued attacks on Tamils in Sri Lanka.

"Prime Minister Singh defended Quattrochchi being let off the hook saying 'one should not torture the weak'. Naturally, our suffering Tamil brethren in Sri Lanka are not (Congress president) Sonia Gandhi's compatriots and relatives from Italy to be treated nicely thus," she said.

AIADMK chief J Jayalalitha Monday reiterated her promise to create an independent state for Tamil minorities in Sri Lanka "the same way as (late prime minister) Indira Gandhi liberated Bangladesh".

Addressing an election meeting here, the former Tamil Nadu chief minister said: "If a (party or alliance) that heeds our demands comes to power at the centre, I assure you that I shall take steps to create a Tamil Eelam in the same way as Indira Gandhi liberated Bangladesh."
She also accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of turning India into a "Banana Republic" by aligning with the US.

"Manmohan Singh has turned India into a Banana Republic aligned with the global sinister designs of the US and its military and economic exploitation of the world," she said addressing a large crowd of supporters in this town, 200 km southwest of the state capital Chennai with a sizeable number of Muslims.

She criticised the US for its attacks against Muslim allies of India like Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan and its alleged support to the Sri Lankan government for the military offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels.

Send Indian Army to SL to form Eelam : Jaya

With the Srilankan issue taking the centre stage in Tamil Nadu polls, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazagam (AIADMK) supremo Jayalalithaa has said that if a government of her choice is formed at the centre she would send Indian army to Sri Lanka to form a separate Tamil Eelam.

Addressing an election meeting on Wednesday, Apr 29 said, "If a central government of my choice is formed, I will steps to send our troops to Sri Lanka to form separate Eelam."

Launching an assault on the Congress for criticising her of not knowing the international law, she recalled the incidents of Indira Gandhi sending the Indian Army to form Bangladesh and Rajiv Gandhi sending IPKF to Sri Lanka.