{"id":113820,"date":"2021-04-26T17:00:47","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T00:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=113820"},"modified":"2021-04-26T17:00:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T00:00:47","slug":"indias-foreign-minister-interferes-with-the-sovereignty-and-independence-of-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/04\/26\/indias-foreign-minister-interferes-with-the-sovereignty-and-independence-of-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s Foreign Minister interferes with the Sovereignty and Independence of Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr Sudath Gunasekara Mahanuwara\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

The following statement by the Indian\nForeign Minister reported to have been made in the Indian Rajaya Sabha calling\nfor early elections to Provincial Councils etc is a direct interference with\nthe Sovereignty and Freedom of this country that should be deplored by every\nSri Lankans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

0 .3 wants Sri Lanka to hold early\nelection to provincial councils: Jaishankar Indian Foreign Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHENNAI, April\n19, 2021 18:34 IST<\/p>\n\n\n\n

India supports\nthe call of international community for the Sri Lankan government to fulfill\nits commitments on devolution of political authority including through early\nholding of elections to provincial councils, according to S. Jaishankar,\nExternal Affairs Minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This also covers\nthe commitment of ensuring that all the provincial councils are able to operate\neffectively in accordance with the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri\nLanka, Dr. Jaishankar has stated in his letter sent recently to the AIADMK\u2019s\nMember of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) M. Thambi Durai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Minister\u2019s\nreply was in the context of the AIADMK leader raising the Sri Lankan Tamil\nissue in the Rajya Sabha last month in the context of a resolution adopted by\nthe United Nations Human Rights Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pointing out\nthat the position of India was conveyed during the deliberations on the motion\nat the Council, Dr. Jaishankar said the country voted in abstention at the\nUNHRC but it made a strong statement\u201d as Explanation of Vote, stressing our\nabiding commitment to aspirations of the Tamils of Sri\nLanka for equality, justice, peace and dignity.\u201d It had also urged the\nSri Lankan government to carry forward the process of reconciliation, address\nthe aspirations of the Tamil community and continue to engage constructively\nwith the international community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would like to\nrespond to this mad statement as follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The spokesman Jaishankar,\nExternal Affairs Minister is a South Indian Tamil politician in the Indian\nNational Cabinet  From the above\nstatement of the  Minister it appears\nthat the Minister does not know the basic fat that Sri Lanka is not  part of India Otherwise how can he lays down\nthese conditions as to how we should govern this country. The Tamils living in\nthis country are Sri Lankan Tamils and not Indian Tamils, although both\nparties, the Tamils living in this country and the Indian Foreign Minister and even\nthe Indian Government think otherwise. Things like the type of Constitution,\nform of Government, the legal system the administrative machinery a country\nshould have and when to have elections etc  are entirely matter for Sri Lankan Government and\nits people to decide Sri Lanka is not a part of India We have a separate Independent\nsovereign country with our own Government elected by the people of this country\nwith whom the sovereignty lies. So what legitimate right on earth Jaishankar\nExternal Affairs Minister of India, has to tell us to have election to Provincial\nCouncils soon or any other political body in this country which is the\nprerogative of the citizens of this country. As such what business the Indian\nForeign Minister has to talk about on these matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 We can understand his sentiments as a South\nIndian Tamil who descends from a set of people historically who have been craving\nto own this Island from the dawn of history or even before. We know this type\nof rhetoric is important for him to muster his votes in Tamilnadu to continue\nas a Minister in Delhi. We have no bone to pick with him but he should\nunderstand that thereby he is illegally interfering with the sovereignty of\nanother country. Therefore the Delhi Government should lay down the limits to\nits Ministers within which they should operate when it comes to International\nmatters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But my question\nis as to why the Delhi Government or the Indian Prime minister don\u2019t tells this\nMinister to mind his business in India without talking on matters that does not\nfall within his list of duties, unless he is doing so with the explicit\nconnivance of the Indian Government and the Prime Ministers. If that is so it\nis still worse as it amounts to illegal interference and naked aggression by\nIndia on this country. On the other hand the Government of this country should\nlodge a strong protest with the Indian Government for this Ministers foolish statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minister\nJeisankar has further complicated this issue by trying to canvass international\ncommunity on this matter when he says our abiding commitment to aspirations\nof the Tamils of Sri Lanka for equality, justice, peace and dignity.\u201d It had\nalso urged the Sri Lankan government to carry forward the process of\nreconciliation, address the aspirations of the Tamil community and continue to\nengage constructively with the international community<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does the\nIndian Minister means by just repeating these stale\nwords prepared by Indian Kautillayan mandarins.as if there is equality,\njustice, peace and dignity for Tamils in South India. Does he know that Tamils\nin this country enjoy far better equality, justice and peace here than In\nIndia, although the Tamil Politicians say no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is even\nmore important for us is why doesn\u2019t the Government of Sri Lanka take up this issue\nwith Delhi Government and protest or ask Delhi Government to appoint a man\nfrom   a non-Tamil state as foreign\nMinister who does not depend on Tamil votes in Tamilnadu so that he will be able\nto look at international matters from a broader perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As far as I see\nthere is hardly any difference between what Rajiv Ghandi did and Minister\nJaishakar is doing now. He should not forget the fact Rajiv who did the same\nmistake, gav e32,m US ,provided military training for the LTTE and gave the all\nlogistics and even military equipment and ammunition and finally gifted his\nbullet proof jacket as a gift to Prabhakaran somewhere in March to wage war\nagainst Sri Lanka Government was assassinated by the very LTTE on 29th<\/sup>\nApril the same year.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore the\nGovernment of this country should lodge its strong protest against this unwarranted\nsilly statement and ask Delhi Government to put an end to this type of cheap\npolitics and aggressing neighboring countries and mind its own business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the\ngovernment is not doing that all patriotic people should, I think, protest\nagainst this interference and ask the Sri Lankan Government to abolish this PalathSabha\nhuniyama as early as possible to save this country and the Sinhala Nation\nwithout betraying the Motherland and the Sinhala nation..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is also high\ntime that the Government tell all Tamils living in Sri Lanka to behave as\ncitizens of this country who have to abide by the Constitution of this country\nand end their continued allegiance to India or any other. If they cannot do\nthat the only alternative they have is to get back to any country with what\nthey have their alleegiance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr Sudath Gunasekara Mahanuwara\u00a0 The following statement by the Indian Foreign Minister reported to have been made in the Indian Rajaya Sabha calling for early elections to Provincial Councils etc is a direct interference with the Sovereignty and Freedom of this country that should be deplored by every Sri Lankans. 0 .3 wants Sri Lanka […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dr-sudath-gunasekara"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113820\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}