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Monday, October 13, 2008 - 05.20 GMT |
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AIADMK never backed Tamil militancy -
Jayalalitha |
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The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
(AIADMK) General Secretary J. Jayalalitha
said the her party had never supported Tamil
militancy or terrorism in Sri Lanka but it
supported the Lankan Tamils’ fight for
self-determination, Express News Service
reported on Saturday (11).
“There are two very clear and distinct
issues. The Tamils’ fight for
self-determination is one. Tamil militancy
or terrorism is the other. We support the
first. We oppose the latter. More so, when
the aftermath of this terrorism left an
imprint of blood in India and even posed a
threat to the security and sovereignty of
the Indian nation.
But DMK chief M. Karunanidhi is trying to
obfuscate matters by mixing the two,” she
said.
Jayalalitha said her position on Sri Lanka,
which was that of the AIADMK, was well
known. “We recognise the rights of the Tamil
people of Sri Lanka for equality with their
Sinhala brethren, their demand for equality
before law, educational institutions and in
employment. We also recognise their just
struggle for self-determination and an
autonomous Tamil homeland within the federal
set-up of Sri Lanka.
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