Http://ASKJEEVES.COM/main/metaanswer.asp?metaEngine=directhit&origin=0&MetaURL=http%3A%2F%2Fask%2Edirecthit%2Ecom%2Ffcgi%2Dbin%2FRedirURL%2Efcg%3Furl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Erediff%2Ecom%2Fnews%2Fdec%2F01mitra%2Ehtm%26qry%3DINDIRA%2BGANDHI%26rnk%3D5%26src%3DDH%5FAsk%5FSRCH&qCategory=ref_&metaTopic=Rediff+On+The+NeT%3A+Ashok+Mitra+on+how+Indira+Gandhi+sowed+the+seeds+of+hate&ItemOrdinal=4&logQID=EE416CCD6A219748BFA3636A82D1D8&sv=1 A commission, before it proceeded to draw up criminal proceedings against others, must recommend Indira Gandhi’s posthumous prosecution Even absurdity must have its limits.The early 1980s are yet to be altogether history, Indira Gandhi was the nation’s prime minister. She knew her mind. For whatever reason, she had taken a liking for Velupillai Prabhakaran and his Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. A special dispensation was granted by her to the LTTE which has not been granted till now even to any of the state governments in this country. Prabhakaran was permitted to set up a clandestine transmitting station from where exhortatory messages were constantly beamed across to Tamil insurgents hiding in Sri Lanka’s northern jungles.The constitutional grey line, whether the right of transmission from Indian shores could be accorded to foreign parties, was brushed aside. The cost of installing the transmission station was borne in entirety by the Government of India. Indira Gandhi in fact did much more for the LTTE. Under her specific instructions, transit camps were set up by the Research and Analysis Wing in a number of locations in Tamil Nadu. Apart from arranging camping facilities to Tamil rebel contingents visiting in search of both arms and instructions in the use of arms, Indira Gandhi actually asked RAW to help out the LTTE with financial accommodation. The government of Tamil Nadu — never mind whether it was M G Ramachandaran or M Karunanidhi who happened to be the incumbent chief minister — was requested by the Centre to turn a Nelson’s eye to LTTE activities: it was our holy duty ? so it was implicitly understood ? to provide operational bases on Indian soil for the fighting Tigers. Karunanidhi or MGR, whoever was in charge of the state administration, would receive confidential messages from New Delhi and the state’s coffers for the LTTE. Sri Lankan Tamils were considered as flesh of our flesh. Given the record of our own freedom struggle, it was inconceivable that our government would not express solidarity for the LTTE cause and adopt measure to further that cause without breaching diplomatic This attitude began to change only when the LTTE started its ruthless policy of systematic assassination of the top leadership of other insurgent groups in Sri Lanka. There was revulsion at the brutal killings the LTTE engaged in, and facilities granted to Prabhakaran and his men were gradually withdrawn. Sympathy for the Tamil emigrants seeking a place under the sun in Sri Lanka nonetheless did not quite wither away. Call it her stratagem or her vision, her foreign policy — Indira Gandhi was insistent — must in all seasons pack a fund of goodwill for the global underdogs wherever they might be. Sri Lanka, of course, was right next door. A subjective element additionally influenced her attitude toward the The Bandarnaike family was regarded as ideological kin by the Nehru-Gandhis; in contrast, the Senanayakes, given their explicit pro-Western views in international affairs, were looked upon with some distrust. So in case the LTTE were organising a harrowing time for the Senanayake regime, why not sit back and enjoy the scenario? None of this is quite obliterated history. The records of what took place barely 13 or 14 years ago are not yet extant. Each of the assertions in the foregoing paragraphs is verifiable. If a commission of enquiry wants to be even marginally objective in its eagerness to trace the genesis of pro-LTTE sentiments in the country, it must begin with Indira Gandhi. To be logically consistent, such a commission of enquiry, before it proceeded to draw up criminal proceedings against others, must recommend her posthumous The qualitative shift ushered in India’s policy toward Sri Lanka brought about by Indira Gandhi’s successor, her elder son, had ? it can be argued
The Essay on Sri Lanka Government Ltte Tamil
Introduction The past twenty years in Sri Lanka has been wrought with war between the government and the Liberations Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Over 60, 000 people have died, and the economy and homeland of the Tamil people has suffered greatly. The conflict began in the 1950 s when the Sinhalese had the perception that the Tamil had too large of a roll in the government, and then managed to nearly ...
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