Tamils - a Trans State Nation..

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04/06/09

Tamils: a Trans State Nation - Tamil Nadu

Velupillai Pirapaharan, Leader of Tamil Eelam, to the People and leaders of Tamil Nadu, 15 December 1995 

On behalf of our people, I wish to express my affection and gratitude to the people and leaders of Tamil Nadu for voicing passionately their support for the Tamils of Eelam who are struggling for their liberation against the genocidal oppression of the Sinhala regime.

The waves of sympathy that sweeps across Tamil Nadu whenever  Eelam Tamils are repressed has always been a deterrent to our ruthless enemy and a great source of hope and relief to our aggrieved people. It also impresses upon the world that the Eelam Tamils are not alone and not without support.

Even though several forces have been making deliberate efforts to pollute the minds of the Tamils of Tamil Nadu with ill-conceived notions about our national struggle and about the Liberation Tigers who lead that struggle, we are encouraged and emboldened to note that there is growing upsurgence in Tamil Nadu demanding justice for our people on the basis of ethnic affinity and humanism.

For a long time, even before the birth of the LTTE, the Tamil Nation has been bleeding. For a long time, our nation has been facing genocide. In this lengthy history, extending over four decades, our language, our culture, our education, our economic existence - all the essential elements that form the very basis of our national life - have been subjected to systematic destruction. The monster of Sinhala racism has been usurping our motherland. The Sinhala armed forces have occupied our historical cities and towns. Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to vacate their own lands and reduced to destitution. In this tragic history tainted with blood, forty thousand Tamils have been exterminated. The current war is a continuation and monstrous expansion of this cruel genocidal history.

Historically the Eelam Tamils are faced with genocide. This well planned racial extermination is aimed at the genocidal destruction of the Tamil Nation. For more than quarter of a century our past generation fought non-violent struggles based on the principles of Ahimsa enunciated by Mahatma Gandhi. But the Sinhala racist state did not understand or appreciate the spiritual or moral values of non-violent struggles.

Ahimsa agitations were brutally crushed by armed violence. With the repression of democratic non-violent struggles racial extermination assumed a dangerous proportion. It was when the Tamil people had no choice other than to take arms to defend themselves, the Tamil Tiger movement and the armed struggle gave birth.

The Sinhala state has been making desperate efforts to characterise the mode of armed resistance based on the struggle of self-determination as a form of 'Terrorism and Separatism'. These  ill conceived notions are being propagated among the Indian people and among the international community. This malicious propaganda is aimed at distorting the truth and discrediting the mode of our struggle.

We are neither 'Terrorists' nor 'Separatists', nor propagators of 'Armed Culture'. We are fighting for a noble cause We are fighting to protect our people from racial annihilation. We are compelled to take up arms against the armed violence which has taken a genocidal form. We are faced with a complex conflictual historical situation in which we have to struggle with our lives for the right to live. We fervently hope that the people of Tamil Nadu and India will understand our critical situation.

The successive Sinhala-Buddhist racist governments, since independence, have attempted to subjugate and dominate our people instead of integrating them. This has compelled our people to decide to determine their own political destiny. As a people constituting themselves with the cultural elements of a national formation, they are entitled to the right to self-determination. It is only when state repression assumed the dangerous dimension of genocide our people chose to invoke their inherent right to self-determination. The mandate to fight for self determination was given by our people to the old leadership, before the growth of the armed resistance movement.

The political objective and the struggle of our movement is based on this political will of our people. It is those who lack a dear vision of the history and legitimacy of the struggle for self-determination in Tamil Eelam, who attempt to characterise us as 'separatists'. This attempt to portray the legitimate struggle of our people, who aspire to live as free beings with dignity and security, liberated from the peril of national destruction as 'separatism' and to compare and confuse it with the internal problems of the Indian states is misleading and wrong.

The hope and expectation of our people that the Sinhala nation might offer an alternative to the demand of an Independent state are now shattered. The Sinhala nation is not prepared to recognise the historically constituted traditional lands in which the Tamils lived for centuries as the homeland of the Tamils. It is for the resolution of this crucial issue that the Tamils have been cheated for a long time. Tamil political history is full of incidents of abrogation of pacts and agreements on this basic issue.

The Chandrika government has scored historical achievements in the task of destroying the geographical unity and integrity of the Tamil homeland and disrupting the national life of the Tamils. Having cheated the world with slogans of 'War for Peace' and 'Liberating the Tamils' her regime has occupied our historical homeland. The central theme of her proposed package is aimed at redefining the geographical structure of the Tamil homeland.

From the time of Bandaranaike to Chandrika's period, successive Sinhala racist states have adopted repressive military policies instead of peaceful approach to resolve the conflict. Chandrika's approach is unique. Misguiding the world under the slogan of peace she has ingeniously planned and executing a genocidal strategy against the Tamils.

Our talks with Chandrika have ended in a fiasco. Chandrika regime refused to create conditions of peace and normalcy by relaxing military and economic pressure on the Tamils. Her government was reluctant to enter into a permanent cease-fire with international supervision. Instead under the guise of a fragile cessation of hostilities the government has been strengthening its military machine. It refused to open up a land route to the people by relaxing the siege of Jaffna. It gave primacy to the hegemonic interests of the military rather than to create an environment of peace.

The government did not give any importance to the peace talks with the LTTE. It delegated ordinary bureaucrats to the peace negotiations. High ranking political leaders did not participate. The government did not reveal its package of proposals during the peace talks with the LTTE.

Chandrika government failed to take seriously our proposition that we were prepared to consider a political framework that recognises the Tamil homeland with full form of autonomy to the Tamils. We expressed our goodwill by releasing prisoners of war. Yet, Chandrika government was not prepared to even settle the minor day to day problems of our people.

We felt that the government was not sincerely interested in resolving the ethnic conflict by negotiating with the LTTE. We were also convinced that Chandrika regime was not prepared to offer any substantial political framework that would satisfy the political aspirations of the Tamils. Under these circumstances, when the talks prolonged meaninglessly we issued deadlines. But the government did not take our warnings seriously. The talks collapsed.

Having created conditions for the breakdown of talks the government blamed the LTTE. It carried out a false propaganda campaign internationally that the LTTE was against the peace approach. In truth, it was Chandrika's government which was opposed to peace.

Claiming that the Tamil people are the citizens of the country, Chandrika's regime has embarked on a massive military onslaught on the Tamils. Having assembled a formidable force in a single battle front, it has occupied the historic city of Jaffna and has the Sinhala national flag over our soil.

The Sinhala nation is celebrating this tragic event soaked by the tears of five hundred thousand displaced Tamils. Celebrations are taking place in Colombo as if the Tamil nation was defeated at war. We do not believe that the Sinhalese chauvinists who have deeply hurt the national sentiments of the Tamils in such a manner would offer justice to the Tamils.

The Tamil nation, which has been conducting a heroic freedom struggle for such a long time, will not be frustrated by a setback in a single battle. Our people are fiercely determined though they have faced the enormous suffering arising from death, destruction, displacement and destitution. We are united and determined by the passion for freedom. We are confidant that the setbacks of today will turn out to be the victories of tomorrow. We are firmly convinced that our land which bleeds today will become a free land one day.

Though our enemy has been adopting devious methods to alienate us from the outside world, from the world Tamil community and from Tamil Nadu where our deep roots are embedded, the support and sympathy generating from Tamil Nadu have given us moral inspiration and determination.

We are deeply saddened to note a recent incident in Trichi where a youth has taken his life by self-immolation as an extreme form of expression of solidarity. While we pay our respects to his passion for freedom and his sentiments of ethnic love we feel that such acts of self sacrifice are unnecessary and therefore have to be avoided.

The Sinhala state is firmly determined to continue to carry out the genocidal war in Tamil Eelam. In these circumstances, Tamil Nadu should continue to give voice for our plight and express support for our legitimate cause. This is what the people of Tamil Eelam fervently expect from the people of Tamil Nadu.

இலட்சியததால் ஒன்றுபட்ட,
எழுச்சிகொண்ட மக்களை
எந்த ஒரு சக்தியாலும் ஒடுக்கிவிட முடியாது

 

tamil nadu
& Tamil Eelam strugglE for freedom


T.Rajendram - ஈழமும் என் இதயமும்...

Muthukumar -  Immolation, 29 January 2009

 

"...if the fictitious concept of placing “country’s interests above human rights, ethnic pride and identity” continues to be promoted for long, it will be a matter of time for India too to meet the fate of USSR or Yugoslavia or now Sri Lanka... In 1965, when Tamil Nadu faced the possibility of military action from a powerful New Delhi, Annadurai opted to abandon his demand for full autonomy for states under a lose confederation with one currency but multiple ethnic, cultural and national identities.

Today, Tamil Nadu appears headed for revolutionary political changes in a culmination of a combination of events: For one, the two main Dravidian political outfits – Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), headed by three-time chief minister M Karunanidhi and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), headed by former two-term CM Jayalalitha – are both reeling under overwhelming outrage among the Tamil population...The ground reality in Tamil Nadu is that almost every Tamil – belonging to whatever religion or strata – has a primary affinity to other Tamil-speaking people of whatever domicile or religion. .. Dravidian leaders, in their zeal to get on the right side of Delhi bosses, are seen to be conniving with New Delhi’s policy of aiding Sri Lankan government in exterminating Tamils.."  Natteri Adigal in  Merinews, 9 October 2008

செந்தமிழ்  நாடெனும் போதினிலே
இன்பத் தேன் வந்து பாயுது காதினிலே
எங்கள் தந்தையர் நாடென்ற பேச்சினிலே
ஒரு சக்தி பிறக்குது மூச்சினிலே..

   
17 April 2009 Divisional Bench of Chennai High Court sets aside Detention of  Director Seeman
9 April 2009 Vaiko warns of bloodbath in Tamil Nadu
15 March 2009 MDMK leader Nanchil Sampath, Tamil cinema Director Seeman, & Periyar Dravida Kazhagam (PDK) leader Kolathur Mani detained under National Security Act
8 March 2009 ஈழத்தில் போர் நிறுத்தத்தினை வலியுறுத்தி சென்னையில் தூரிகைப் போராட்டம்
23 February 2009 DMK supporter Sivaprakasam immolates himself  during Chennai human-chain protest against Sri Lanka
20 February 2009 200 lawyers arrested - Pandemonium in Tamil Nadu assembly
20 February 2009 'வீரத் தமிழ்மகன்' தமிழ்வேந்தன் இறுதி நிகழ்வில் 20 ஆயிரம் பேர் பங்கேற்பு
20 February 2009  இலங்கை இனப்படுகொலையைக் கண்டித்து விஜயகாந்த் தலைமையில் மாபெரும் பேரணி
14 February 2009 Hartal in Chennai Against Genocide by Sri Lanka
7 February 2009 Congress Worker Ravichandran Protests Against Congress Inaction and  Immolates Himself for Tamil Eelam
4 February 2009 Sri Lanka's War on Eelam Tamils Sparks Full Fledged Political Agitation in Tamil Nadu
28 January 2009 ஈழத்தமிழர்களைக் காக்கவே உயிர்விடுகிறேன்:
சாகும் தருணத்தில் முத்துக்குமரின் வாக்குமூலம்
8 December 2008 New Delhi won't listen to the political jokers in Tamil Nadu says Sri Lankan Army Chief Fonseka
1 November 2008 Tamil Nadu Cinema Stars Express Solidarity with Eelam Tamils
30 October 2008 Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK ) leader Vijayakant On Karunanidhi's Farce
30 October 2008 மத்திய அரசைக் காப்பதா?  இலங்கைத் தமிழ் மக்களைக் காப்பதா?  - Janasakthi
29 October 2008  Sri Lanka President Rajapakse respects Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi
27 October 2008

Delhi Opts for Strife in Tamil Nadu - Natteri Adigal

24 October 2008 DMK Human Chain Protest: Stop Genocide of Eelam Tamils
23 October 2008 Thirumavalavan courts arrest with thousands of cadres - and calls on India to stop proxy war
16 October 2008 The Hindu Targeted in Tamil Nadu - Statement by N. Ram, Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu  
9 October 2008 Tamil Nadu Going Eelam Way?
15 October 2008 ராஜீவின் ஊழலை மன்னிக்க முடியுமா?
1 September 2008 "ஈழத் தமிழர்களுக்கு ஆதரவுக் குரல் கொடுப்பது
எனது கடமை மட்டுமல்ல உரிமையும் கூட"  லட்சிய தி.மு.க. தலைவர் விஜய டி.ராஜேந்திரன்
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‘‘ஈழத் தமிழர்களுக்கு ஆதரவுக் குரல் கொடுப்பது எனது கடமை மட்டுமல்ல உரிமையும் கூட. ஈழப் பிரச்னையில் எந்த இயக்கங்களுக்கும் நான் ஆதரவாகப் பேசவில்லை. வேண்டுமென்றால் என்னைக் கைது செய்து சிறையில் அடைக்கட்டும். தமிழகத்தில் மட்டுமல்ல உலகம் முழுவதும் பயணம் செய்து ஈழத் தமிழர்களுக்கு ஆதரவு திரட்டப் போகிறேன். வேறு மாநிலத்தவர்கள் வெளிநாடுகளில் தாக்கப்பட்டால் மத்திய அரசோ அந்த மாநில மக்களோ அமைதியாக இருந்து விடுவார்களா? அடிபடுவது தமிழன் என்பதால் இந்த அவமதிப்பா’’

27 August 2008 பழ.நெடுமாறன் கட்டுரைக்கு கருணாநிதி கவிதையில் பதிலடி

Comment by tamilnation.org  It is unfortunate that Chief Minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi should use his literary skills to attack Pala Nedumaran, a Tamil leader who has steadfastly supported the Tamil Eelam Freedom Struggle  for more than a quarter of a century. It is unfortunate but it  will not come as a surprise to 70 million Tamils  living in many lands.  It will not come as a surprise because Chief Minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi has frankly declared that his policy on Tamil Eelam is the same as New Delhi's policy on Tamil Eelam. And we must take him at his word.

"On May 25 2006, Karunanidhi, freshly elected to power in Tamil Nadu, home to the largest concentration of Tamils in the world, held a 15-minute one-to-one meeting with Arumugam Thondaman, leader of the Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC) and a special envoy of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse. On Monday, after calling on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and separately meeting Congress president Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi, Karunanidhi revealed to reporters what he had told Thondaman: "The central government's policy (on Sri Lanka) will be the state government's policy." " Times of India, 6 June 2006

26 June 2008  ஈழப்போராட்டம் மூன்று முனைகளில் தங்கியுள்ளது - Suba Veerapandiyan

"...The struggle for Tamil Eelam rests in three fronts or battlefields.  The first battlefield is in Tamil Eelam. There the struggle is progressing with lives being put on line. The second battlefield is in the Tamil Diaspora living in many lands. The third battlefield is in India. A change in the policy of the Indian government will depend on  a change in the approach of  Tamil Nadu political parties. A change in the approach of Tamil Nadu political parties will depend on change amongst the people of Tamil Nadu..."

20 March 2008 India abetting Tamil genocide: Vaiko

"The Sri Lanka Government has sabotaged the peace talks initiated by Norway. Acquiring arms from many countries, it has perpetrated its genocidal murderous attacks against the Tamils. The Tamils in Sri Lanka are dying of hunger, starvation and disease without medicines. India has refused to give clearance to the international Red Cross, to sent foods and medicines to the suffering Tamils, collected on humanitarian basis in Tamil Nadu...It was a black day in the minds and hearts of the Tamils, when the Army General of Sri Lanka racist regime Sarath Fonseka, whose hands are stained with the blood of Tamils, was given red carpet welcome by Indian Government, with all undeserving honours."

9 February 2008   இலங்கை அரசு பயங்கரவாத அரசு! ஈழத் தமிழருக்காக யார் அழுவது? - புலமைபித்தன்
   
10 January 2008 சுயநல இலங்கைக்கு தோள் கொடுக்கலாமா? - ரவிக்குமார் எம்.எல்.ஏ.

"அமெரிக்காவின் ஆதரவை எப்படி முஷ்ரப் தனது சொந்த நலனுக்காகப் பயன்படுத்திக் கொள்கிறாரோ அப்படித்தான் ராஜபக்ஷேவும் இந்தியாவின் ஆதரவைத் தனது சுயநலத்துக்காகப் பயன்படுத்திக் கொண்டு தனது பதவியைக் காப்பாற்றிக் கொண்டிருக்கிறார்... இனியாவது இந்தியா தனது அணுகு முறையை மாற்றிக்கொள்ளுமா?"

31 December 2007 சிறிலங்காவின் சுதந்திர நாள் நிகழ்வில் பங்கேற்க இந்தியப் பிரதமர் மன்மோகன் சிங் செல்வதற்கு எதிர்ப்புத் தெரிவித்து திராவிடர் கழகம் நடத்திய அறப் போராட்ட நிகழ்வில் திராவிடர் கழகத் தலைவர் கி.வீரமணி ஆற்றிய உரை
   
31 December 2007 'LTTE shifting base to Tamil Nadu' says AIADMK Leader Jayalalitha
   
8 December 2007

Mount Road Vishnu, India & Tamil Eelam - Savithri Narayan, Chennai

"மக்களை தலைநிமிரச் செய்த தந்தை பெரியாரால் 'மவுண்ட் ரோடு மகாவிசுணு" என்று அடையாளம் காட்டப்பட்ட 'இந்து" நாளிதல், ஈழப்பிரச்சனை குறித்து மீண்டும் திருவாய் மலர்ந்திருக்கிறது. டிசம்பர் முதல் தேதி எழுதப்பட்டுள்ள தலையங்கம் 'பிரபாகரன் தலைமையேற்கும் வரை தமிழர் பிரச்சனை தீராது" என்று விதன்டாவாதம் செய்கிறது. "

27 November 2007 On Tamil Eelam Independence - Director Seeman
   
18 November 2007

தமிழீழ ஆய்வாளர் மு.திருநாவுக்கரசு - தமிழீழ பிரச்சினையின் தீர்வுக்கான சர்வதேசப் பாதை திறப்பு "தமிழக"த்தில்தான் உள்ளது

"..தமிழக மக்கள் தான் தமிழீழ மக்களுக்கான இருதய சக்தி. அதேவேளை தமிழக மக்களுக்கும் தமிழீழப் பிரதேசமே முதற்தர பாதுகாப்பு அரணாகும் என்பதையும் கருத்திற் கொள்ள வேண்டும்..."

18 September 2007

Sign of the times in Tamil Nadu


 

2 May 2007 தமிழ்நாட்டில் ஈழத் தமிழர் ஆதரவைக் குலைத்திடும் சதிப் பின்னணியில் நிற்கும் மர்ம மனிதர் எம்.கே.நாராயணன் - 'விடுதலை' க.இராசேந்திரன்
   
11 March 2007 US views Tamil Nadu as 'gateway state' connected both to the east and the west
   
24 February 2007 இந்திய நலனை புறக்கணித்து இலங்கைத் தமிழர் பிரச்சினையில் தமிழகம் தலையிடாது - தமிழ் நாடு முதலமைச்சர் மு.கருணாநிதி
   
22 February 2007 Chennai Based Hindu on Tamil Nadu & 'LTTE Menace'
27 November 2006 Vaiko: "Sri Lankan Tamils want a Separate Nation"
17 June 2006 கனடிய தமிழ்ச்சோலை வானொலிக்கு  தமிழீழ விடுதலை ஆதரவாளர் பழ. நெடுமாறன் வழங்கிய நேர்காணல்
6 June 2006 India's Policy on Sri Lanka will be Tamil Nadu's Policy says Karunanidhi
25 May 2006 An Open Letter to Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi - Dr.K.Indrakumar & Others
29 December 2005  Vaiko on Tamil Eelam Struggle at Periyar Thidal, Chennai - in particular Vaiko Speaks-: Part 9
5 March 2005 திராவிடக் கட்சிகளின் தமிழ்த் தேசியம் - Sanmugam Sabesan  

“திராவிடன் என்ற மரபு இனத்தை தி.மு.க முன் வைத்தது, தமிழ்த் தேசியக் கோட்பாட்டிற்குப் புறம்பான நிலைப்பாடு. தமிழன் என்ற தேசிய இனத்தை மட்டும் முன் வைத்திருக்க வேண்டும். அது மட்டுமல்ல பிற்காலத்தில் இக்கழகம் நாட்டால் இந்தியன், இனத்தால் திராவிடன், மொழியால் தமிழன் என்று கூறிக் கொள்ளத் தொடங்கியது. இது தேசிய இனவரையறைக்குப் புறம்பான உளறல் மட்டுமல்ல, தமிழ்த் தேசியத்தை ஊனப்படுத்தும் போக்கும் ஆகும்.” more

8 December 2004 Dalit Panthers of India Leader T Tirumavalavan visits Jaffna to salute Tamil Eelam

 "I want a Tamil Government... I want a Tamil country... That country I dream of is coming up in Sri Lanka's Jaffna. I went there to salute that land.."

4 December 2004 Bharathiraja moved by LTTE's sacrifices 

"..the people of Tamil Nadu had made great achievements" but they were dwarfed by those of the LTTE..."

24 July 2004 "Greater Tamil Nation is the Aim" claims Jayalalitha
20 May 2004 LTTE still a threat to India's sovereignty says Indian Home Ministry Notification

"...The turbulence in Sri Lanka is being exploited by pro-LTTE forces to draw support for the LTTE and its cause by taking out processions, demonstrations etc, in spite of the ban, causing disquiet and threat to the security of Tamilnadu. Most of the criminal cases involving the LTTE and pro-LTTE groups like Tamil National Retrieval Troops (TNRT), Tamilnadu Liberation Army (TNLA) and Tamilar Pasarai, have ended in conviction but the Tamil Eelam concept still remains as a goal among the pro-LTTE groups in Tamilnadu.."

8 November 2002 `De-ideologisation of politics is the tragedy of Tamil Nadu' Professor K.Sivathamby
3 February 2001 Tamil Nation & the Unity of India - Nadesan Satyendra

 "...The growing togetherness of the Tamil people, is but a step in the growth of a larger unity. We know that in the end, national freedom can only be secured by a voluntary pooling of sovereignties, in a regional, and ultimately in a world context. ... we recognize that our future lies with the peoples of the Indian region and the path of a greater and a larger Indian union is the direction of that future..."

27 November 2000 London based "The Guardian" November 27, 2000, quoted by the Tamil Tribune  

"the latest, and most insidious, threat to India's territorial integrity comes not from the north but from the south. To be precise, Tamil Nadu, a region of some 60 million Tamils, who ostensibly have little in common with their Hindi-speaking northern neighbours."

1 July 2000 Marumazharchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) Rally - Erode, Tamil Nadu
Slogans at the Erode rally included:

"Eela Tamizhan pazhiyanal, Vaiko thondan puliyaavan"
("If Eelam Tamils continue to perish, Vaiko's cadre will turn into Liberation Tigers")
"Eela Tamizhan sindhum ratham em ratham''
(``The blood shed by Eelam Tamils is our blood'')
"Kappom kappom Tamizhanai kappom, Kuduppom kuduppom kural koduppom - Eelam malara kural koduppom''
(We will raise our voice for the birth of the Eelam nation)

MDMK Rally - Kittu
 

14 May 2000 Tamil Eelam has to be the final solution - V.Gopalasamy, MDMK
7 March 1999 A.P.Venkateshwaran, former Indian Foreign Secretary  at Eelam Tamils Solidarity Conference  Madurai

Madurai Conference

19 October 1998 Human Rights of the Tamil People in Sri Lanka
Memorandum submitted by V.Gopalasamy (VAIKO)

General Secretary,
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhakam (MDMK)
   
2 October 1998 U.S. Congressman Edolphus Towns in the United States Congress

"..It looks like Mr. Pawar is on to something. India’s breakup is inevitable. I think I speak for most of us here when I say that I hope it happens in the peaceful way that the Soviet breakup did. Otherwise, there is the risk of another Yugoslavia in South Asia. ..It has been American policy to preserve the current artificial stability in South Asia, but let us remember that we pursued a similar policy with regard to the Soviet empire and it collapsed anyway.."

7 August 1998 PTI Report in  India-West

 "The leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, Sharad Pawar on 2 August expressed the fear that the country might go the erstwhile Soviet Union way unless concerted efforts are taken to strengthen its economy in the wake of international reaction to its carrying out nuclear tests... Pawar said though the erstwhile USSR was a nuclear power it collapsed.."

11 June 1998 AIADMK Front MPs  to Indian Prime Minister on Genocide in Tamil Eelam 
8 June 1998 International Federation of Tamils  to Chief Minister, Tamil Nadu
August 1997 Jain Commission Report - Growth of Sri Lankan Tamil Militancy in Tamil Nadu: Background | 1981 to 1988 | 1989 to 1991 | 1989 to 1991
15 October 1992 Ram! O Ram!   "Eelam is a pipe dream"
23 August 1990 Tamils in Sri Lanka Our Concern - Dr. M.Karunanidhi, Chief Minister, Tamil Nadu
15 August 1983

Complaint of Acts of Genocide  Committed Against the Tamils of Sri Lanka - M.Karunanidhi, President Dravida Munnetra Kalagam (DMK)

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