VILLUPURAM: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader Jayalalithaa on Wednesday hit out at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his “silence” over the killings of Tamils in Sri Lanka.
Addressing an election rally here, Ms.Jayalalithaa said when the Sri Lankan government was “annihilating” ethnic Tamils, Dr.Singh was keeping quiet.
She pointed out that when a question was posed to Dr.Singh as to why Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrochchi’s name was dropped from the ‘wanted’ persons list in the Bofors gun deal, he replied that it was not proper to hurt others in such a manner. But, the Prime Minister did not suffer any pangs of conscience when “genocide” was taking place in Sri Lanka.
Ms.Jayalalithaa reiterated that creation of Tamil Eelam was the only solution to the issue. If her alliance emerged victorious in all 40 constituencies in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry she would press for sending the Indian Army to Sri Lanka for creating Eelam.
She alleged that Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi and Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram were hand in glove in the three-hour fast “drama” enacted by the former recently. How could persons holding responsible positions hoodwink people, she asked. No sooner the fast was called off the Sri Lankan forces killed hundreds of Tamils.
If the AIADMK-led alliance won all the 40 seats, Tamil Nadu would be in a position to handpick the Prime Minister. She said during the five-year Congress rule, petroleum prices had gone up, several farmers committed suicide, terrorism acquired menacing proportions, economy was in a shambles and India’s sovereignty was subjugated to the U.S.
Ms. Jayalalithaa said that she did not have a family but considered the people of Tamil Nadu her family. If they reposed full faith in her and gave a complete victory she would get all rights for the State. Earlier, at Kallakurichi she promised train services on the Chinna Salem –Kallakurichi – Thiruvannamali sector.
She also addressed meetings at Villupuram and Tiruvannamalai.
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