{"id":46374,"date":"2016-04-25T21:19:38","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T01:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=46374"},"modified":"2016-04-25T21:19:38","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T01:19:38","slug":"lankan-tamil-parties-ask-tamil-nadu-leaders-not-to-use-sri-lankan-tamil-issue-for-electoral-mudslinging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=46374","title":{"rendered":"Lankan Tamil Parties  Ask Tamil Nadu Leaders Not To Use Sri Lankan Tamil Issue For Electoral Mudslinging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By P.K.Balachandran <\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Leaders of Sri Lankan Tamil political parties have appealed to Tamil Nadu leaders not to use the Lankan Tamil issue for mudslinging in the run up to the State Nadu Assembly elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor God\u2019s sake, please drop the Lankan Tamil issue during your highly charged election campaign. Let\u2019s talk after elections,\u201d tweeted Mano Ganeshan, leader of the Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA), a party of Indian Origin Tamils, addressing leaders of Tamil Nadu\u2019s political parties.<\/p>\n<p>Ganeshan told Express that the Lankan Tamil issue should not be made an election issue and \u201cused as a stone to be thrown at one\u2019s rival.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Tamils\u2019 problem is too serious a matter to be treated in a cavalier fashion, he felt.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201c Tamil Nadu has a role to plan in the struggle of the Lankan Tamils, but that has to be discussed after the elections when the State acquires a legitimate government after elections,\u201d Ganeshan explained.  <\/p>\n<p>M.A.Sumanthiran, spokesman of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) said that when the Lankan Tamil issue in used in competitive electoral politics in Tamil Nadu,  the genuineness of the State\u2019s concern over the issue comes to be doubted.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, people in Lanka will come to view the statements made by TN leaders as a just another ploy to win votes, and nothing else.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe statements emanating from Tamil Nadu actually harm the cause of the Lankan Tamils,\u201d Sumanthiran asserted.<\/p>\n<p>Already there is concern among Sinhalese political leaders over the Tamils\u2019 demand for a federal constitution. Some outfits have called for the arrest of Tamil leaders and comments in the media suggest that federalism will lead to secession.<\/p>\n<p>In this context, TN leaders\u2019 call for the establishment of a Homeland for Tamils sets off alarm bells in the Lankan political Establishment, and colors its attitude to the Tamil question.  <\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy:New Indian Express<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton46374\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D46374&amp;text=Lankan%20Tamil%20Parties%20%20Ask%20Tamil%20Nadu%20Leaders%20Not%20To%20Use%20Sri%20Lankan%20Tamil%20Issue%20For%20Electoral%20Mudslinging&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.K.Balachandran Leaders of Sri Lankan Tamil political parties have appealed to Tamil Nadu leaders not to use the Lankan Tamil issue for mudslinging in the run up to the State Nadu Assembly elections. \u201cFor God\u2019s sake, please drop the Lankan Tamil issue during your highly charged election campaign. 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