The world has the right to know and if the Sri Lankan government has northing to hide, they can definitely allow these people to go in..!!!

Prabha only a product of Tamil issue- Kanimozhi

By Jamila Najmuddin

The Tamil Nadu government says that LTTE Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was only a “product” of the struggle for Tamils and his death would have no effect on the moves to ensure the final solution concerning the Tamils in Sri Lanka is addressed.Lok Sabha MP Kanimozhi Rajathi Karunanindhi, daughter of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanindhi and a member of the DMK which is an ally of the ruling Congress party, told Daily Mirror in a telephone interview yesterday that despite the war being over in the island, the struggle in Sri Lanka had not ended and Tamils would continue to protest till such

Prabha only a product of Tamil issue- Kanimozhi

time a suitable solution was proposed by President Mahinda Rajapakse and his government.

“The war maybe over but the struggle hasn’t. Infact the struggle is now larger than ever in Sri Lanka. Prabhakaran was only a product of the struggle and his death will not change anything,” Ms. Kanimozhi said.

She also called upon the government to allow international observers and journalists into the camps sheltering the Tamil civilians in Vavuniya claiming that the world had a right to know on the true events taking place in the camps. “The government must allow international observers and journalists into the camps to speak to the civilians freely. They must also allow them to visit the sights where the battles took place. The world has a right to know and if the Sri Lankan government has northing to hide, they can definitely allow these people to go in,” Ms. Kanimozhi said.

She also called upon all political parties in Sri Lankan including some key Tamil organizations to come to the negotiating table and reach a political solution to the Tamil issue in order to put an end to the Tamil struggle in the island. “It maybe the Tamil National Alliance or anyone, we will not bother. All we care is that all the poltical parties in Sri Lanka including some key organizations must sit down with the Sri Lankan government and choose what is best for the Tamils. We all know how the Tamils are being treated in the north and we strongly oppose this,” Ms. Kanimozhi said.

Chief Minister M. Karunanindhi in a strong letter of objection wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday demanding for an explanation as to why India had voted in favour of Sri Lanka in the recently concluded UN Human Rights Council sessions. Ms. Kanimozhi said that the DMK strongly opposed the Indian government’s move and would take the matter up with the Prime Minister.

Meanwhile when questioned if Tamil Nadu was on the look out for any key LTTE cadres having fled to India after similar reports emerged in the media recently, Ms. Kanimozhi said that the DMK was unaware of any such incident but added that the concerned departments were looking into the issue.

Kanimozhi Rajathi Karunanidhi

Kanimozhi was born in 1968 in Chennai. She is a politician. Kanimozhi is the daughter of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Karunanidhi and Rajathi Ammal (Third Wife). She prefers to be called Kanimozhi.

She recently created a stir in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, for openly criticizing the blockbuster movie "Sivaji, The Boss", claiming it portrayed tamilians and Tamil culture in a very degrading manner. She appears in the 2008 film, Vaazhthukal starring Madhavan.

Following threats to quit her post as a MP in protest against killing of Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka, Kanimozhi submitted her post-dated resignation to her father and party chief Karunanidhi on October 14.

Kanimozhi was a sub editor for The Hindu, and editor in charge of Kungumam, a Tamil weekly magazine. She was also Columnist and conducted programmes in Sun TV and Vijay TV. She has also a features editor for a Singapore based Tamil newspaper called Dhina Murasu. She has also written Tamil poetry and translated Tamil poetry into English of other poets. She became a Rajya Sabha member in 2007. She is strong supporter of Pan Tamil issues in particular Sri Lankan Tamils. She has organised Tamil folk art festivals called Chennai Sangamam.

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