India relaxes conditions on visa for Prabakaran’s mother
June 12, 2010 12:16 am
Chennai: Relaxing the conditions once imposed on the offer to extend visa to slain LTTE chief Velupillai Prabakaran’s mother Parvathi, the Centre has allowed her to stay with her daughter and meet her relatives and friends as she wished, but reiterated that politicians would not be allowed to meet her.
The Centre had, on May 18, wrote to the Tamil Nadu Government, seeking its opinion on relaxing the conditions earlier imposed as requested by the relatives of Parvathiammal, Prabakaran’s 80-year-old widowed mother.
In the conditional visa granted last month, she was directed to stay only at a hospital and not meet anyone outside the immediate family whose names were to be furnished early.
The State government, in its letter on May 20, replied that it had no objections to her staying with her daughter and seeking medical assistance, but passed the responsibility of taking a call on the visitors back to the Union Government.
Following this, the Centre formally communicated to the
State Government and its High Commissioner in
Further decision on this will be taken after learning her opinion, said the statement.
Parvathiammal had come to Chennai in April, but was
instantly deported back to
As the deportation led to a minor controversy especially with the Assembly in session, the DMK Government immediately initiated a communication with the Centre, even as Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi maintained that he was unaware of her mid-night arrival and subsequent deportation.
Later, permission was granted to enable her seek medical assistance in Tamil Nadu, though the six-month visa entailed stringent conditions like staying only at a hospital and not meeting anyone outside immediate family.
However, Parvathiammal was not suffering from any ailment that required a hospital admission. According to her relatives, she was aged and had a paralytic attack few years ago, but required only nursing assistance.
After a devastating period that put her in the middle of a
violent war that ended only with the death of her youngest son, all she wished
was to stay with her family – a daughter is in Tiruchi – said her relatives,
rejecting the offer and heading back to
The relaxation of conditions paves way for a possible return to Tamil Nadu, to Tiruchi, where she resided with her late husband Thiruvengadam Velupillai before returning to Lanka during the period of peace ahead of the final flare up. – (Express News Service)