Two more Indian Ministers oppose Manmohan’s CHOGM attendance

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Two more Indian Cabinet ministers have opposed Indian Premier Manmohan Singh’s attendance of CHOGM in Sri Lanka in two weeks, Indian media reports said. Minister of State V. Narayanasamy and Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan came out openly to oppose the Prime Minister’s visit, joining their Cabinet colleague G.K. Vasan, saying he should not attend in view of alleged atrocities against Tamils. “I have conveyed my opinion to the Prime Minister that he should not visit Sri Lanka,” Narayanasamy told the Press Trust of India. Echoing similar sentiments, Natarajan said in Chennai that she would write a letter to the Prime Minister urging him not to attend the Commonwealth summit. However, at the same time, another Congress leader from Tamil Nadu S. Natchiappan, who is Minister of State for Commerce, has been striking a different note. He said the Prime Minister should visit Sri Lanka for the welfare of the Lankan Tamils. Some officials of the External Affairs Ministry also favour the Prime Minister’s visit.