Fishermen issue: Jaya slams Centre's ‘meek& passive' approach
Chennai: Slamming New Delhi's “meek and passive approach” over the arrests of Indian fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy, Tamil Nadu government has said the Centre cannot remain a “mute spectator” and asked to condemn the island navy's action in the “strongest terms.”
Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in her letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that in spite of her repeated representations to him on this “critical blivelihood issue of the fishermen of Tamil Nadu, the harassment and arrest of these fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy continues unquestioned and unabated.”
“The Sri Lankan Navy appears emboldened to act in a high-handed and repressive manner largely because of the Government of India's meek and passive approach to this serious issue,” she said in her November 6 letter to Singh, which was released by the state government today.
