The Communist Party of India (CPI) has urged the Central government to take immediate steps to ensure the right and welfare of the Internally Displaced People in Sri Lanka.
Speaking to presspersons on Tuesday, CPI leader, R. Nallakannu, said that more than 3.50 lakh innocent Tamils were being kept within iron fences for the last six months. They were put to untold hardship as they were denied basic rights and infrastructure facilities. There was no electricity, adequate food, water and sanitation in the camps within their homeland. Even as the United Nations condemned the act of Sri Lankan Government towards the innocent Tamils, the Central government was yet to raise any objection.
Recently, a delegation consisting of MPs belonging to Dravida Munnetta Kazagham and its allies went to Sri Lanka to conduct an on-the-spot study in Sri Lanka. As the team members were from DMK and its allies, one could not expect a fair report on what was actually going on in the island nation. Moreover, after their return from Sri Lanka, they met the Prime Minister and submitted a report to him. The Central government should publish the report so that the people could know the plight of innocent Tamils in Sri Lanka.
The Central government should mount pressure on the Sri Lankan Government to shift all the Sri Lankan Tamils to their native villages and provide all infrastructure facilities before the onset of north-east monsoon because they would have to face extreme hardships in the coming days. The outbreak of epidemics was imminent, if the innocent Tamils were not rehabilitated at the earliest, said Mr. Nallakannu.
Earlier, he flagged off an ‘awareness yatra’ at Kanyakumari to stress the need to ensure the rights of Tamils kept in camps in Sri Lanka. (Hindu)
