It has become   an obsession for Tamil Nadu politicians to interfere in the internal affairs of Sri Lanka despite their   many urgent problems. Since late, instead of resolving these pressing issues even after three decades of Independence they continue to intrude into the internal matters of a sovereign State. This ruse conveniently adopted by Tamil Nadu politicians is not confined to only taking such uncalled swipes at Sri Lanka but   also extends to offer advice on Sri Lankan  internal affairs seems an  attempt to deflect burning issues in Tamil Nadu. It is true that Tamil Nadu has a population of over 60 million people who have claimed affinities to the Sri Lankan Tamils in race, religion, culture and proximity. However,   Tamil Nadu politicians should by now understand that Sri Lanka is "insulated" though not  "isolated" from the sub continent regards  race language,  religion, culture and proximity .     

The Indian English media   recently reported that the AIADMK leader Ms Jayalalitha Jayaram had stated that the Tamil community in Sri Lanka would benefit by the threatened UN "investigations" into lapses in the final stages of eliminating the LTTE leadership almost in its entirety in Mid May 2009. His Excellency, President Mahinda Rajapaksa as reiterated clearly that no such UN investigations are required  There were other Tamil Nadu political leaders as the MDMK  leader "Vaiko" who proclaimed there will be "rivers of blood"  if the LTTE leader was harmed and even the disintegration of the Union. There was of course the aging DMK Chief M K Karunanidhi who began a fast unto death near the "Anna" memorial armed with air conditioners if India did not demand an "immediate ceasefire" to the ongoing humanitarian operations conducted against the LTTE terrorists. This " fast unto death" fizzled out as expected  after just three hours with the stating that  he was assured  his demand were  accepted. Tamil Nadu political leaders  are under the delusion  that    Sri Lankan Tamils are   their own citizens which they are not only to ensure their "vote banks" by  keeping alive not only  the demand for separatism for the Sri Lankan Tamils but also dreams of separatism alive Tamil Nadu . 

At the First World Tamil Classical Conference concluded in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu  recently, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister moved a Resolution (The Nation 4th July- "Karunanidhi's resolutions and Sri Lanka" - T.Sabaratnam ) on  27th  June in the presence of the Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee stating:" Tamils in Sri Lanka are put into untold sufferings ...they are unable  to return home. They are still kept in camps. Those who were sent back to their homes have not yet been provided with sufficient safety as promised" . Last year "The Hindu" reported that the Welfare Camps established in Menik Farm, Vavuniya were far better than the Camps for Sri Lankan Tamil refugees set up in Tamil Nadu nearly three decades ago.  DMK Chief Minister M K Karunanidhi was also "christened " leader  of the Tamil people as requested by  speakers from "Tamil Nadu and other  countries" suggesting that he  "take on the responsibility  of protecting the Tamil people wherever  they lived" giving a "new dimension  to the Sri Lankan Tamil problem".  "It has now become the part of safeguarding the Tamil language". The danger lies in including the entire Tamil Diaspora. The Chief Minister also suggested in a resolution which called on the Indian Central Government to adopt "all the official languages of the Indian states as the Indian official languages".  "If that is accepted", says the writer,"the process of reshaping India where the hold of the Central Government would slacken would be initiated".  Despite much agitation since 1950 especially by Tamil Nadu to include Tamil, "Hindi and English continue to be the official languages of India".

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