Stop training Lankan Army personnel: CPI to govt

Last Updated: Monday, September 03, 2012, 17:35

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Tags: Sri Lankan Army, CPI, Tamil Nadu

New Delhi: CPI on Monday asked the government to stop training Sri Lankan Army personnel anywhere in India and respect the sentiments of the people of Tamil Nadu, who are opposed to any such measure.

CPI national secretary D Raja dashed off a letter to Defence Minister AK Antony explaining the opposition to the training programme to Sri Lankan Army personnel in the state.

He dubbed as "highly deplorable" Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju's statement that the training would continue.

"Instead of taking note of the strong feelings that prevail in Tamil Nadu over the issue of giving training to Sri Lankan Army, which carried out genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka and committed war crimes, the government has reiterated its commitment to continue the training programme," Raja rued.

"The recent statement by Raju has further infuriated the already hurt feelings of Tamil people," the CPI MP said.

Raja told Antony that the government should immediately stop training Sri Lankan Army and make a categorical assurance to the people of Tamil Nadu in this regard.

The training to Sri Lankan Army was shifted from Chennai after a row erupted in July but parties in Tamil Nadu oppose training to the personnel from the neighbouring country anywhere in India.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and DMK chief M Karunanidhi have been demanding that the training programme be scrapped immediately.

PTI

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First Published: Monday, September 03, 2012, 17:35

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suresh - Salem-Tn
As an indian citizens we should welcomes CPI LEADERS INCLUDING MR. PANDIAN:-(..bcoz they r continueously have struggle for tamil people rehabilitation and their freedom

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Kamal Liyanage - Australia
In one hand Indian government is showing their dissatisfaction about GovSL’s connection with China. But when brutal LTTE was killing 1000s of innocent civilians in the country including destroying valuable assets, India didn’t provide weapons to wipe out the terrorists. In said circumstances any gov who was in GovSL’s shoe will take the support of any nation. If India stops training SL forces, what is the best alternative GovSL will have other than going to China? I think India’s extremists seeing only their side than the bigger picture hence GovIndia should control them at any cost.

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gajaya - Doha
What I could not understand is that,``why the hell Sri Lankan Army need to be trained in India. Or ita otherway around.Sri Lankan Army is training Indian Army?Such a professional and well disciplined Army is geting trained by Indian is looks like a joke to me.

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Virendra - USA
Non of these TN politicians have anything to offer their own people. They are too busy talking about the Lankan Tamils. While they are professing their undying love and commitment to these Lankan Tamils, these same politicians promote, support, and condone the Indian Fishermen stealing the fishing resources of the Lankan Tamils. How hypocritical. Its all about getting elected. All the while, the Lankan Tamils in Indian refugee camps are treated like animals. Stopping children from Lanka playing a friendly Soccer match? And then deporting them? How cruel is that?

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Raja - Australia
The demand of the CPI is fair if the allegations are true. However, the SriLankan Armed forces, one of the most disciplined services in the world, neither carried out genocide nor acted in a brutal manner. It only helped to rescue the tamil civilians who were held hostage by a brutal terrorist group, which it seems had been supported by Tamilnadu leaders and now joined by the CPI. Indian Govt knows what happened in SriLanka and therefore, cannot take orders from these groups who helped the Tigers to carry out genocide of non-tamils and brutal torture of tamils who did not help the terrorists.