{"id":19159,"date":"2013-03-27T12:57:45","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T16:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=19159"},"modified":"2013-03-27T13:04:20","modified_gmt":"2013-03-27T17:04:20","slug":"tamil-nadu-legislature-unanimously-adopts-resolution-by-chief-minister-jayalaithaa-calling-for-referendum-to-create-eelam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=19159","title":{"rendered":"Tamil Nadu Legislature Unanimously Adopts Resolution by Chief Minister Jayalaithaa Calling for Referendum to Create Eelam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By<\/p>\n<p>P.Satyanarayana<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CHENNAI: <\/strong>Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa has called for a referendum among Sri Lankan Tamils on the formation of a &#8216;Separate Eelam&#8217; (Tamil land) within Sri Lanka. The referendum, she said, should be held for the sake of their future welfare. &#8220;The referendum should be conducted among Tamils in Sri Lanka and other displaced Tamils across the world. A resolution should also be adopted in the UN security council in this regard,&#8221; she told the assembly.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Political parties in Tamil Nadu have been vying with each other to raise the pro-Tamil rhetoric. While, the ruling AIADMK&#8217;s latest demand is seen as a move to take centre stage on the Eelam issue, the DMK decision to quit the Union government and the UPA for its failure to get a stronger resolution moved in the UNHRC against Sri Lanka, is also seen as political one-upmanship.<\/p>\n<p>Moving a resolution in the House on Wednesday, chief minister Jayalalithaa said there should be an impartial, international and independent probe for the alleged war crimes and genocide in Sri Lanka. &#8220;Based on this investigation, those found guilty should be tried in the international court of law and punished,&#8221; she said. Urging the Centre to stop calling Sri Lanka a friendly nation, the chief minister said the Congress-led UPA government should impose economic sanctions until the Sri Lankan government stops atrocities against Tamils living there.<\/p>\n<p>Jayalalithaa urged students, who have been protesting against alleged war crimes against Sri Lanka, to give up their agitation keeping in mind the state government&#8217;s efforts to secure victory on the issue. &#8220;Our efforts will fructify very soon&#8221;, she said. <em>COURTESY:TIMES OF INDIA<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton19159\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D19159&amp;text=Tamil%20Nadu%20Legislature%20Unanimously%20Adopts%20Resolution%20by%20Chief%20Minister%20Jayalaithaa%20Calling%20for%20Referendum%20to...%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>By P.Satyanarayana CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa has called for a referendum among Sri Lankan Tamils on the formation of a &#8216;Separate Eelam&#8217; (Tamil land) within Sri Lanka. The referendum, she said, should be held for the sake of their future welfare. &#8220;The referendum should be conducted among Tamils in Sri Lanka and &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=19159\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;Tamil Nadu Legislature Unanimously Adopts Resolution by Chief Minister Jayalaithaa Calling for Referendum to Create Eelam&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19159"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19159"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19161,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19159\/revisions\/19161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}