{"id":32275,"date":"2014-07-22T20:38:43","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T00:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=32275"},"modified":"2014-07-22T21:36:23","modified_gmt":"2014-07-23T01:36:23","slug":"dr-subramanian-swamy-wants-tamil-nadu-chief-minister-jayalalithaa-to-visit-sri-lanka-and-get-a-reality-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=32275","title":{"rendered":"Dr.Subramanian Swamy Wants Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to visit Sri Lanka and get a “Reality Check”."},"content":{"rendered":"

By<\/p>\n

Meera Srinivasan<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa<\/p><\/div>\n

India will be far more supportive of Sri Lanka\u2019s position at the United Nations Human Rights Council than ever before, former Union Cabinet Minister and the chairman of the BJP Committee for Strategic Action Subramanian Swamy said here on Monday.<\/p>\n

Speaking on \u2018India under Modi: relevance for the region and the world\u2019, he said India\u2019s foreign policy shall henceforth be guided by national interest and not regional interest.<\/p>\n

Referring to the perceived fear about Tamil Nadu\u2019s role in India\u2019s foreign policy, he said there was no \u201cTamil Nadu factor\u201d, adding that people of Tamil Nadu had repeatedly demonstrated so in elections. \u201cI would urge Ms. Jayalalithaa to visit Sri Lanka and get a reality check.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Observing that targeting of Sri Lanka on the human rights issue had gone farther than it should have, Dr Samy said, countries accusing Sri Lanka of rights abuse were themselves guilty of serious violations. \u201cThere is no need for Sri Lanka, or India, to be defensive about it.\u201d In the March session of the Human Rights Council, India abstained from voting on the U.S.-backed resolution that called for an international probe into Sri Lanka\u2019s rights record.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very proud of your president for decisively finishing a sinister terror organisation that was a threat to our country too. Let no activity in the international arena subtract from them\u2026sometimes I wonder is these HR issues contrived to belittle the importance of this decisive victory,\u201d Dr. Swamy said, adding \u201cno country has had a clear success in eliminating terrorism the way your country did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Referring to the meeting Dr. Swamy and his team had with President Mahinda Rajapaksa earlier on Monday, he said, \u201cWe said let us delink Indo-Lanka relations from Tamil Nadu and problems of the Tamils.\u201d However, Mr. Swamy was quick to add that as a friend he would urge Sri Lanka to address certain issues of the 13th Amendment, which he said, remain \u201cunnecessarily\u201d unresolved. \u201cIf our friendship and interaction develops sufficiently, we will give you ideas on what could be done.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the Sethu Samudram project, he said Sri Lanka had the right to have a view on the matter, questioning the propriety of the project.<\/p>\n

Dr. Swamy\u2019s talk was part of a discussion organised by the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies. Seshadri Chari, national convener of the BJP\u2019s foreign policy cell, Suresh Prabhu, former union minister, journalist and political commentator Swapan Dasgupta and Madhavan Nalapat, professor of geopolitics, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, were other panelists.
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\nCourtesy:The Hindu<\/em><\/p>\n

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By Meera Srinivasan India will be far more supportive of Sri Lanka\u2019s position at the United Nations Human Rights Council than ever before, former Union Cabinet Minister and the chairman of the BJP Committee for Strategic Action Subramanian Swamy said here on Monday. Speaking on \u2018India under Modi: relevance for the region and the world\u2019, …<\/p>\n

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