The Indian government is now critical of the President:MR for not honoring his continuous promises to India on finding a political solution to NESL!!!

Vardharaja Perumal might get Northern Chief Ministerial post

2010-04-03

President Mahinda Rajapaksa it is learnt has decided to appoint Vardharaja Perumal to a key political post in the government. Perumal has now returned to Jaffna after fleeing the country for some years after declaring a separate Eelam state in the North.

The President has decided to for the Northern Provincial Council and to appoint Perumal as its Chief Minister.

It is learnt that the President has arrived at this decision following the pressure placed on the government by the Indian government to implement the 13th amendment and give powers to the North and Eastern Provinces.

The Indian government is now critical of the President for not honoring his continuous promises to India on finding a political solution to the Northern issue.

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India displeased with the President’s speech in the North

2010-04-05

Sources from the Foreign Ministry said that India has expressed its displeasure at the derogatory speech made by the President in Vavuniya on the 1st where he said, “We are Sinhala, and the country is also Sinhala, so listen you Demala (Tamil)…”

The Indian High Commission in Colombo has requested in an unofficial level for the Foreign Secretary to explain the government’s stance on the controversial statement made by the President.

An official from the Presidential Media Unit told us that the President’s speech referred to Demalun (Tamilians) and not Demela (Tamils). After saying this, the official e-mailed us the President’s recorded speech. We have carried the recorded clip without any editing.

The Presidential Media Unit is now trying to say that the President’s words were aimed at controlling Thilanga Sumathipala’s supporters who were hooting at the event and that it was


not aimed at the Tamil people. The Media Unit has got several private media institutions to publish articles to this effect and has asked the state media not to intervene in the matter.

A senior UNF member said it was better not to make any comments on the matter until the conclusion of the general election as it would otherwise instigate the Sinhala extremists.


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