What’s there to ‘learn from Sri Lanka’, asks Vaiko
October 20, 2014 08:57 am
MDMK chief Vaiko on Sunday termed the recent comment that ‘India has to learn a lot from the Sri Lankan Army’ by the Indian Defence Secretary “humiliating”.
Addressing a student gathering during an award ceremony in Madurai, Vaiko also raised concern over the latest diplomatic move of the Centre towards Sri Lanka.
Waving a copy of Express and showing the news report on Defence Secretary R K Mathur’s statement in the presence of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa a few days ago, he asked, “The Sri Lankan Army had killed eight Sri Lankan Tamils after stripping them and was also criticised for the barbaric killing of Tamils in the ethnic war in Sri Lanka. Is this what we have to learn from Sri Lanka?”
He said that the Indian government was going to allow Sri Lankan Army officers to give “lectures” in India which was unfortunate. “Tamils have a presence in 65 countries and there is a need for all of them to unite to secure the rights of Tamils in Sri Lanka.” – Express News Service
Addressing a student gathering during an award ceremony in Madurai, Vaiko also raised concern over the latest diplomatic move of the Centre towards Sri Lanka.
Waving a copy of Express and showing the news report on Defence Secretary R K Mathur’s statement in the presence of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa a few days ago, he asked, “The Sri Lankan Army had killed eight Sri Lankan Tamils after stripping them and was also criticised for the barbaric killing of Tamils in the ethnic war in Sri Lanka. Is this what we have to learn from Sri Lanka?”
He said that the Indian government was going to allow Sri Lankan Army officers to give “lectures” in India which was unfortunate. “Tamils have a presence in 65 countries and there is a need for all of them to unite to secure the rights of Tamils in Sri Lanka.” – Express News Service
