{"id":16866,"date":"2013-02-21T03:06:42","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T08:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=16866"},"modified":"2013-02-21T06:04:53","modified_gmt":"2013-02-21T11:04:53","slug":"jayalalithaa-calls-off-asian-athletics-championships-to-be-held-in-tamil-nadu-in-july-to-forbid-sri-lanka-from-participation-in-the-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=16866","title":{"rendered":"Jayalalithaa Calls off Asian Athletics Championships to be held in Tamil Nadu in July to Stop Sri Lanka from Participation in the State"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_16880\" style=\"width: 272px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/JJ022113.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16880\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/JJ022113.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"JJ022113\" width=\"262\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16880\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A file photo of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>PRESS TRUST OF INDIA <\/strong>&#8211; Amid protests over the alleged brutal killing of slain LTTE chief V. Prabhakaran\u2019s son, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Thursday called off the 20th Asian Athletics Championships scheduled to be held here in July, saying Sri Lankan players have no place in the State.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Jayalalithaa said her government had written to the Asian Athletics Association in Singapore seeking that Sri Lankan team be desisted from participation considering the \u201csentiments\u201d of the people in Tamil Nadu, as the Sri Lankan government was \u201crepeatedly acting against the ethnic minorities\u201d.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nThe decision comes a day after Ms. Jayalalithaa slammed the Sri Lankan government over the \u201cinhuman act\u201d of alleged cold blooded killing of 12-year-old Balachandran by the Sri Lankan Army, which has also evoked a strong condemnation from various political parties in Tamil Nadu including DMK.<\/p>\n<p>The sporting body had been requested to intimate to the Sri Lankan government in the appropriate way the State government decision, Ms. Jayalalithaa said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt had been requested that they update us on the follow-up action with copies of the letter sent to Secretaries of Union External Affairs and Sports Ministries. But there has been no information from the Association so far.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince there has been no favourable response from the Asian Athletics Association, my government will at no cost accept holding the event, in which Sri Lanka is also participating, in Tamil Nadu. Tamils also will never accept it,\u201d she said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming sporting event will not be conducted by Tamil Nadu government in any part of the State and the Association will be asked to hold it elsewhere, she said.<\/p>\n<p>She reiterated her charge that the killing of Balachandran was \u201ca grave war-crime which cannot be forgiven\u201d.<\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton16866\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D16866&amp;text=Jayalalithaa%20Calls%20off%20Asian%20Athletics%20Championships%20to%20be%20held%20in%20Tamil%20Nadu%20in%20July%20to%20Stop%20Sri%20Lanka%20from...%20&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRESS TRUST OF INDIA &#8211; Amid protests over the alleged brutal killing of slain LTTE chief V. Prabhakaran\u2019s son, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Thursday called off the 20th Asian Athletics Championships scheduled to be held here in July, saying Sri Lankan players have no place in the State. 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