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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

RE SETTLE TAMIL PEOPLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE


RE SETTLE TAMIL PEOPLE
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

“I have a political solution in mind but I want to get that from the people” Sri Lankan president Rajapaksa’s concern for a quick re settlement of the displaced Tamils. The Lankan president said’ It is heartening that difference among various sections of people based on race will not have any place in his vision for a post- conflict Sri Lanka. This is in conformity with the island nation’s friendly relations with India. President Rajapaksa’s interview gives a lot of hope to Sri Lankan Tamils in Sri Lanka has been discriminated against for decades.
The Sri Lankan government should not waste time rehabilitating and guaranteeing equal rights and involving the Tamils in nation building
Mr Rajapaksa said that Sri Lankan Army doing the best work, we have resettled Tamil people. We have to send them to the villages. But the problem is that provide security for them. Now I am recruiting Tamils to the army and the police. I was always for that My theory is, there are no minorities in Sri Lanka, there are only those who love the country and those who don’t.
The Sri Lankan government issued a directive that with effect from July 1 we will not recruit people to the public service unless they know Tamil and vice versa, that is Tamils must know Sinhala, Sinhalese must know Tamil.
The India government will give Rs 500 corer for the rehabilitation if internally displaced Tamils of Sri Lanka and for the reconstruction of the northern and eastern areas in the island nation. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, in his budget speech, said the government was committed to ensuring that the Tamils enjoyed their in the territorial sovereignty and frame work of Sri Lanka’s constitution. Mr Mukharjee’s announcement was widely welcomed. Some opposition MP’s wanted the centre to ensure that Sri Lanka spent the money only for rehabilitation and providing food, clothes and shelters to the affected Tamils.
Tamil Nadu chief minister m. Karunanidhi on Monday 6th July 2009 thanked prime minister Manmohansingh for the allocation of Rs 500 corer in the union Budget for the rehabilitation of the internally displaced persons and reconstruction of the northern and eastern areas of Sri Lanka

Prof John Kurakar

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