Chennai: Slaming the Centre's decision to participate in the Commonwealth Summit in Colombo “ignoring” the sentiments of Tamils, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today moved a resolution in a special session of the state assembly demanding India's “complete boycott” of the meet.
Piloting the resolution, Jayalalithaa hit out at the UPA government charging that India's participation would give an impression that it was endorsing the “inhuman” deeds of Sri Lankan government (against ethinic Tamils) “whose sufferings continued even four years after the end of the war.”
“In this situation, India's participation would amount to defending the war criminals,” she claimed adding the country would have to be “guilty” of facilitating the Sri Lankan President in holding the post of “Chair-in-office of Commonwealth” grouping for the next two years.
Targeting the Prime Minister who chose to skip the meet but decided to depute External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid-led delegation to Colombo, she said “it is no way a consolation to Tamils or respecting their sentiments” and recalled the state's demand for complete boycott.
