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Premier Manmohan writes to Jayalalithaa on 13A
Holding that there was no change in India’s stand on the issue of reconciliation and devolution of political powers to ethnic Tamils in Sri Lanka, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has informed Chief Minister Jayalalithaa that New Delhi will work towards ensuring that Tamils are “masters of their own destiny within framework of a united Sri Lanka.”
“There is absolutely no change in Government of India’s stand on the question of reconciliation and devolution of political powers in Sri Lanka. We have long advocated the creation of an environment in Sri Lanka in which all communities, particularly the Sri Lankan Tamils, are masters of their own destiny within the framework of a united Sri Lanka. We will continue to work towards this end,” Singh told Jayalalithaa in response to her letter dated 14 July. The text of Singh’s letter was released by the state Government yesterday. Jayalalithaa had written to the Prime Minister strongly urging New Delhi to take pressure Colombo not to take any steps to repeal or dilute the 13th Amendment of the Sri Lankan Constitution in any manner.
New Delhi has reacted strongly to proposals by the Rajapaksa administration in Colombo to revise the provisions of the 13th Amendment that came about as a result of the Indo-Lanka Accord of 1987. (New India Express)
