Jayalalithaa meets Singh; calls for central govt’s intervention in SL
June 14, 2011 02:26 pm
Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the first time since storming to power in Tamil Nadu last month, armed with a resolution on the plight of Tamils in Sri Lanka and seeking an economic package for her state.
Jayalalithaa met Singh for about 20 minutes at the latter’s 7 Race Course Road residence. She described her meeting with the Prime Minister as “very pleasant” and said her government’s relationship with the Centre was good.
The AIADMK chief, who led her party to a resounding victory in the assembly polls last month, raised the precarious power situation in her state with the prime minister and called for the central government’s intervention in Sri Lanka to secure the proper rehabilitation of Tamils there.
The state assembly had last Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution urging the Indian government to impose economic sanctions on Sri Lanka and approach the United Nations to declare those responsible for the alleged “genocide” in the island country as war criminals.
The AIADMK chief has also condemned the attack on Tamil Nadu fishermen on the sea, alleged by the Sri Lankan Navy.
All eyes were on the meeting in the backdrop of strained Congress-DMK ties over the jailing of the latter’s leaders A. Raja and Kanimozhi, daughter of DMK chief M. Karunanidhi, in a corruption case being probed by CBI, Hindustan Times reported.
Jayalalithaa met Singh for about 20 minutes at the latter’s 7 Race Course Road residence. She described her meeting with the Prime Minister as “very pleasant” and said her government’s relationship with the Centre was good.
The AIADMK chief, who led her party to a resounding victory in the assembly polls last month, raised the precarious power situation in her state with the prime minister and called for the central government’s intervention in Sri Lanka to secure the proper rehabilitation of Tamils there.
The state assembly had last Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution urging the Indian government to impose economic sanctions on Sri Lanka and approach the United Nations to declare those responsible for the alleged “genocide” in the island country as war criminals.
The AIADMK chief has also condemned the attack on Tamil Nadu fishermen on the sea, alleged by the Sri Lankan Navy.
All eyes were on the meeting in the backdrop of strained Congress-DMK ties over the jailing of the latter’s leaders A. Raja and Kanimozhi, daughter of DMK chief M. Karunanidhi, in a corruption case being probed by CBI, Hindustan Times reported.
