{"id":29867,"date":"2014-05-17T03:50:06","date_gmt":"2014-05-17T07:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=29867"},"modified":"2014-05-17T03:50:06","modified_gmt":"2014-05-17T07:50:06","slug":"tamil-national-alliance-wants-new-indian-pm-narendra-modi-to-exert-pressure-on-sri-lankan-president-mahinda-rajapaksa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=29867","title":{"rendered":"Tamil National Alliance Wants New Indian PM Narendra Modi to Exert Pressure on Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BY<\/p>\n<p>MEERA SRINIVASAN<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Tamil political leadership of Sri Lanka has welcomed the new regime in India, expressing hope that the Narendra Modi-led government will pressure President Mahinda Rajapaksa to deliver on his promises to the country\u2019s Tamils.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Congratulating the Prime Minister-elect for the \u201chistoric win\u201d, Chief Minister of Sri Lanka\u2019s Tamil-speaking Northern Province C.V. Wigneswaran said the Tamil people of Sri Lanka hoped that his government would be actively engaged with the country, helping them achieve a lasting political solution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope that your government will have a constructive approach in its policy to ensure justice for the Sri Lankan Tamils,\u201d he said, in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian M.A. Sumanthiran said he hoped that the change in the government heralds a new chapter of the Sri Lankan Tamils\u2019 quest for a solution to their struggles. \u201cWe look forward to working with the new government,\u201d he told The Hindu.<\/p>\n<p>Some in the TNA leadership seemed let down by the fact that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa would not be part of the Centre given the BJP\u2019s massive mandate that renders potential coalition partners redundant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wish to congratulate Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa for a very good showing in the State. We look forward to her continued support,\u201d Mr. Sumanthiran said.<\/p>\n<p>The Tamil political leadership in Sri Lanka believes it is Ms. Jayalalithaa who has actual bargaining power.<\/p>\n<p>C.V.K. Sivagnanam, chairman of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA)-led provincial council governing the island nation\u2019s Northern Province said: I believe BJP will be a reasonably accommodative government. They have to respect Tamil Nadu for the entire State has backed Jayalalithaa this time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><em>COURTESY:THE HINDU<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton29867\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D29867&amp;text=Tamil%20National%20Alliance%20Wants%20New%20Indian%20PM%20Narendra%20Modi%20to%20Exert%20Pressure%20on%20Sri%20Lankan%20President%20Mahinda...%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 The Tamil political leadership of Sri Lanka has welcomed the new regime in India, expressing hope that the Narendra Modi-led government will pressure President Mahinda Rajapaksa to deliver on his promises to the country\u2019s Tamils.<\/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\/29867"}],"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=29867"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29868,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29867\/revisions\/29868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}