{"id":25660,"date":"2013-09-12T15:49:15","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T19:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=25660"},"modified":"2013-09-12T20:44:07","modified_gmt":"2013-09-13T00:44:07","slug":"tamil-nadu-politicians-exploiting-sri-lankan-issue-to-the-detriment-of-lankan-tamils-says-tna-chief-minister-candidate-cv-wigneswaran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=25660","title":{"rendered":"Tamil Nadu Politicians Exploiting Sri Lankan Issue to the Detriment of Lankan Tamils says TNA Chief Minister Candidate CV Wigneswaran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>by<\/p>\n<p>Meera Srinivasan<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25669\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/20130912-203638.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25669\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/20130912-203638.jpg\" alt=\"Justice C.V. Wigneswaran\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25669\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25669\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Justice C.V. Wigneswaran<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Tamil Nadu politicians use the Sri Lankan Tamils\u2019 issue for their own gains, much to the detriment of the Tamils in Sri Lanka, said Justice C.V. Wigneswaran, the chief ministerial candidate of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) in the upcoming Northern Provincial Council elections.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to The Hindu in the midst of his campaign here, Mr. Wigneswaran said: \u201cIn Tamil Nadu, our problems have been taken to be the ball to be played in the tennis court between the two or three parties. They [Tamil Nadu politicians] start hitting the ball from one side to the other and it is we who get hit by that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>When politicians in Tamil Nadu say separation is the only solution, the Sinhalese masses \u2013 many sections of which fear that Tamils would collaborate with India and form a separate State \u2013 get very annoyed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe get affected by what is being said there,\u201d said Justice Wigneswaran, a former Supreme Court judge, emphasising that the emotional rhetoric only made Tamils here more vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>Comparing the Sri Lankan situation to a home where the husband and wife are having a fight, he said: \u201cWe will fight, but sometimes we come together. The next door neighbour must not come and say \u2018you must divorce, you must divorce\u2019. That is not your business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tamil Nadu\u2019s efforts, he said, must be to see that there was greater responsiveness on the part of different communities in Sri Lanka rather than promoting antipathy towards each other.<\/p>\n<p>He was quick to add that the TNA was very impressed with the support and sympathy of those in Tamil Nadu, but added \u201cthe solution is really in our hands\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The TNA, an amalgam of five parties, has fielded Mr. Wigneswaran despite some internal differences over the choice of the candidate. The alliance, which has done well in elections in recent years, is a front-runner in the September 21 poll. <\/p>\n<p><em>COURTESY:The Hindu<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton25660\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D25660&amp;text=Tamil%20Nadu%20Politicians%20Exploiting%20Sri%20Lankan%20Issue%20to%20the%20Detriment%20of%20Lankan%20Tamils%20says%20TNA%20Chief%20Minister...%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 Meera Srinivasan Tamil Nadu politicians use the Sri Lankan Tamils\u2019 issue for their own gains, much to the detriment of the Tamils in Sri Lanka, said Justice C.V. Wigneswaran, the chief ministerial candidate of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) in the upcoming Northern Provincial Council elections. 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