Chennai: The Centre has allowed slain
LTTE leader Prabhakaran's mother Parvathi Ammal to visit Tamil
Nadu for medical treatment on certain conditions, Chief
Minister M Karunanidhi said on Monday.
The Union government's decision has been conveyed
through a letter to the Indian Mission in Kuala Lumpur where
she is staying at present, Karunanidhi said in a suo motu
statement in the state Assembly.
He said the Centre's permission to 80-year-old
Parvathi was solely for the purpose of medical treatment.
Immigration officials had last month deported Parvathi
to Malaysia from where she had come to Chennai for treatment.
Listing the various conditions, Karunanidhi said the
slain LTTE chief's mother should confine herself to the
hospital and should not stay anywhere else. He said Parvathi
can take treatment in a government hospital if she so desired.
"State will make all necessary arrangements for it,"
he said.
However, Parvathi should not have any contact with any
political party or banned organisations or those connected
with them, the Chief Minister said, adding, she should
interact only with close relatives whom she has mentioned
specifically.
Karunanidhi said the Centre had passed the order to
grant Parvathi a six-month visa without interrupting a pending
case in the High Court.
"Usually this type of procedure will take a long time.
However, considering Parvathi Ammal's health, the Centre and
the state had taken the initiative (to speed up the process),"
he said.
After the deportation of Parvathi, some political
parties in Tamil Nadu had raised the issue in the Assembly but
Karunanidhi had then denied any knowledge about her visit.
The Madras High Court had on April 30 given two weeks’
time to Parvathi to represent to the state government if she
wanted to undergo medical treatment here following which
she had sent an e-mail to the government seeking permission.
The state government had written to the Union Home
Secretary to consider allowing Parvathi for treatment
provided certain conditions were met.
PTI
First Published: Monday, May 10, 2010, 13:22