October 18, 2008
PRESS RELEASE
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Mr.Karunanidhi has again published a statement on the Sri Lankan issue in the press which is deliberately misleading.
In a press release issued yesterday, Mr.Karunanidhi has said that the DMK Government in 1989, to help the children of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India, had allotted reserved seats in educational institutions including medical colleges for them, but that Ms.Jayalalitha succeeding as Chief Minister had got it cancelled.
This is blatantly false, as Mr.Karunanidhi must know, on two counts. The original G.O. announcing these reservations for Sri Lankan Tamil students, was issued by the Rajiv Gandhi Government in 1988 when there was President’s Rule in the State. It was discontinued by the NDA in 2000 when DMK was a partner in the Union Government and in power in the State as well. Even after I had got a favourable order from Madras High Court, the Chief Minister has failed to act to rectify it with the Centre.
Recently I had again raised the matter with the Union Government to undo the cancellation but the Minister for State for Home has written to me declining to do so.
I now challenge Mr.Karunanidhi to prove his bonafides by resigning from the CM’s post on this issue. Just by convening a meeting of anti-national parties, he cannot help the suffering Sri Lanka Tamils. Hence, his fraud and confidence trick on the public therefore needs to be exposed.
(SUBRAMANIAN SWAMY)
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