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Delhi conference of Tamil parties to forge unified stance
[Monday, 22 August 2011 18:36] Featured, General, NewsDelhi conference of Tamil parties to forge unified stance
Ten Sri Lankan Tamil political parties may seek solace from agony for two days on August 23 and 24 in the Indian capital of New Delhi
The parties are invited to attend a conference named ‘Agony & Solace’ to be held at New Delhi’s prestigious Constitutional club of India
Although titled ‘Agony and Solace’ in English the conference is called ‘Thuyarum theervum’ (sorrow and solution) in the Tamil language
The conference organised by India’s Parliamentarian Forum on Human Rights for Global Development (PFHRGD) will be held from 11am – 5pm each day
The president of PFHRGD and convenor of the conference is Dr. E. M. Sudarsana Nachiyappan, a Rajya Sabha MP from India’s Tamil Nadu state
The PFHRGD comprises 150 MPs from both houses of the Indian parliament cutting across state, party, religion, caste and ethnic affiliations
The PFHRGD sponsored conference aims at evolving a unified political stance by the Lankan Tamil parties on problems facing Sri Lankan Tamils
The PFHRGD conclave intends to formulate a framework for resolving the problems and obtain a consensus from participating Lankan Tamil parties
If a Sri Lankan Tamil party consensus is reached at the forum, the PFHRGD will follow that up by mobilising support for it among Indian MPs.
This move is expected to influence Indian policy makers leading to a possible shift in New Delhi’s approach towards the Lankan Tamil issue.
Two representatives from each Tamil party at leadership level (President and secretary or their nominees) have been invited by PFHRGD to New Delhi.
Though ten Tamil parties have been invited it is not clear as to whether all those invited will participate in the New Delhi conference.
The Eelam Peoples Democratic Party (EPDP) led by Douglas Devananda, the only Sri Lankan Tamil cabinet minister, has NOT been invited by PFHRGD.
The Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Puligal (TMVP) led by Eastern chief minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillaiyan has also been invited.
Instead of inviting the Tamil National Alliance as a single entity the four constituent parties of the TNA have been invited individually.
TNA party invitees are – Ilankai Thamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK); All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC); Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO) and the EPRLF.
Jaffna district MP and party Genera Secretary, Somasundaram ‘Mavai’ Senathirajah and national list parliamentarian M. A. Sumanthiran will represent the ITAK.
The Eelam Peoples Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) faction led by Kandiah Premachandran (Suresh) a member of the TNA has been invited.
Likewise the Padmanabha EPRLF faction led by former North-Eastern chief minister Annamalai Varadharajapperumal has also been invited.
Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) led by V.Aanandasangaree and All Ceylon Tamil United Front (ACTUF) led by Dr. K. Vickneswaran are both invited.
The Peoples Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) and its break away Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front (ENDLF) are both invited.
ENDLF led by Gnanasekaram aka Paranthan Rajan is based in Bengalooru in India is assisting the PFHRGD in facilitating the Delhi Conference.
No party representing Up Country Tamils and Muslims or Tamil and Muslim MPs from ‘national’ parties like UNP, UPFA or JVP have been invited.
It seems very probable that the ‘Agony & solace’ conference, though organized ostensibly by the PFHRGD. has the tacit support of the Indian government.
Sonia Gandhi loyalist Dr. Nachiyappan being the convener and involvement of the ENDLF linked to Indian intelligence indicate high level backing.
Currently the ruling Congress is targeted by ultra-nationalists in Tamil Nadu who accuse the Indian government of being pro-Colombo and anti-Tamil.
Given the inter and intra-Tamil party differences the chances of the PFHRGD sponsored conference arriving at a Tamil consensus seems doubtful.
It remains to be seen as to whether the New Delhi conference will help to find a solution to Tamil sorrow or provide solace to Tamil agony.
This is a bundle of tweets posted on Twitter by DBS Jeyaraj (Transcurrents.com)
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