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Monday, January 18, 2010 - 04.26 GMT |
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Tamils should
vote for Rajapaksa - India's Janata Party |
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India's
Janata
Party
President,
Subramanian
Swamy on
Friday
(Jan.15)
urged
the
Tamils
of Sri
Lanka to
vote for
President
Mahinda
Rajapaksa
in the
upcoming
Presidential
election.
Dr.
Swamy
said, if
the
Tamils
wanted
the
Indian
opinion,
they
should
vote for
the
Tamil-speaking
Sinhala
leader,
Mr.
Rajapaksa.
It was
surprising
that
some
representatives
of the
defunct
Liberation
Tigers
of Tamil
Eelam (LTTE)
floated
the
Tamil
National
Alliance
(TNA)
and
canvassed
the
support
of
Tamils
of India
for the
Opposition
candidate,
General
(retired)
Sarath
Fonseka,
he said.
No
Indian
concerned
with the
welfare
of
Tamils
in Sri
Lanka
and
their
future
could
support
any
candidate
who had
on its
side the
LTTE-supported
TNA,
which
sought a
separate
Eelam.
Moreover,
General
Fonseka
was
supported
by the
anti-Tamil
party
Janatha
Vimukthi
Peramuna,
which
did not
want to
give any
concessions
to the
Tamils,
quoting
Dr.
Swamy,
The
Hindu
reported.
If
General
Fonseka
was
elected,
he would
be in a
constant
dilemma
about
what to
do. He
had to
legitimise
the LTTE
that is
hiding a
huge
quantity
of
ill-gotten
money
for a
comeback.
The
Tamils
in Sri
Lanka
today
needed
humane
stability
in
governance,
he
added.
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