South Indian artistes call on Jayalalithaa

A delegation from the South India Film Artistes Association (SIFAA) led by its President and MLA R. Sarath Kumar today called on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa and thanked her for passing the resolutionagainst Sri Lanka.

The actors called on Ms Jayalalithaa to greet her on winning the elections and assuming office as Chief Minister for a third time.

The delegation, comprising SIFAA Secretary Radha Ravi and Association Members Sathyaraj, Manorama and Kuyili also submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister requesting her to address some of their grievances.

Later, talking to reporters, Mr Sarath Kumar said, ‘‘We thanked Ms Jayalalithaa for the Tamil Nadu Assembly resolution seeking to impose economic sanctions against Sri Lanka and to retrieve the Katchatheevu ceded to Sri Lanka in 1974’’.

In a bid to extend support to the resolutions, the SIFAA was planning to hold a mega rally, either in New Delhi or Chennai and submit a memorandum to the Prime Minister or Tamil Nadu Governor in this regard.

‘‘We conveyed this to the Chief Minister during the meeting today,’’ he added. UNI reported.