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Salman Khurshid arrives in Colombo for CHOGM Summit

Colombo: Notwithstanding the demand of political parties in Tamil Nadu for complete boycott, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid arrived here today on a five-day visit to represent India at the CHOGM Summit.  Accompanied by Foreign

Expressing anguish over India's decision to participate in the CHOGM in Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu Assembly had yesterday passed a resolution at its emergent session demanding “complete boycott” of the summit.



The resolution moved by Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa was passed by voice vote even as Congress, Puthiya Tamizhagam and CPI-M members were not present while the PMK chose to boycott the session.

On October 24, the Tamil Nadu Assembly had passed a similar resolution calling for India's total boycott of the summit over alleged “genocide” of Tamils in Sri Lanka and its failure to grant them equal rights.

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