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CHENNAI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre has been advocating the creation of an environment within the framework of a United Sri Lanka in which all communities, particularly the Tamils, are masters of their own destiny.
"We will continue to work towards the end," he said in a letter to Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa.
The Prime Minister sent the letter in response to the concerns expressed by the chief minister on the possible changes to the 13th amendment to the Lankan constitution. The amendment, a result of the Indo-Lankan accord in the 1980s, specifies autonomy to the Tamil-dominated northern and eastern provinces.
"There is absolutely no change in Centre's stand on the question of reconciliation and devolution of political powers (to Tamils) in Sri Lanka," Prime Minister said, days after Jayalalithaa urged him to take a bold and decisive stand in support of the Tamils in Sri Lanka.
The DMK, a former ally of the Congress, will hold a state-wide agitation on August 8 to protest against the betrayal of the Rajapakshe government on Tamil rights.
Link - Will work towards devolution of political powers to Tamils in Sri Lanka, PM tells Jaya - The Times of India
"We will continue to work towards the end," he said in a letter to Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa.
The Prime Minister sent the letter in response to the concerns expressed by the chief minister on the possible changes to the 13th amendment to the Lankan constitution. The amendment, a result of the Indo-Lankan accord in the 1980s, specifies autonomy to the Tamil-dominated northern and eastern provinces.
"There is absolutely no change in Centre's stand on the question of reconciliation and devolution of political powers (to Tamils) in Sri Lanka," Prime Minister said, days after Jayalalithaa urged him to take a bold and decisive stand in support of the Tamils in Sri Lanka.
The DMK, a former ally of the Congress, will hold a state-wide agitation on August 8 to protest against the betrayal of the Rajapakshe government on Tamil rights.
Link - Will work towards devolution of political powers to Tamils in Sri Lanka, PM tells Jaya - The Times of India
