Tamil Eelam is my unrealised dream - Karunanidhi
March 23, 2012 09:08 am
DMK president M.Karunanidhi Thursday
termed a Tamil Eelam his unrealised dream and he will fight for its
realisation, while citing rivalry between the Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups
as the reason that prevented its formation. Asked by reporters here on his
reaction to passing of US-backed resolution against Sri Lanka in the United
Nation Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and whether there is a possibility of Tamil
Eelam in the future, Karunanidhi said: “As far as I am concerned that is the
goal.”
He said even in the past, whenever he was asked about
his unrealised dream, he had answered “Tamil Eelam”.
To another question, he said the war between the Tamil
militant groups to establish who is big and who has the capability to achieve
the goal prevented the formation of Tamil Eelam.
He thanked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United
Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi for India voting in favour of the
US resolution.
Karunanidhi said he has faxed a letter to Manmohan Singh
and Gandhi urging them to suitable action to prevent attacks on Tamils in the
island nation as a retaliatory action to the resolution.
To a query that India voted in favour of the resolution
only due to the pressure exerted by DMK and the party could have given a
similar pressure three years back when the fight between the Tamil Tigers and
the Lankan army was on, Karunanidhi said: “We did give similar pressures and
everybody knows who spoilt the views then.”
On the assistance to be given to Lankan Tamils by the
Indian government, Karunanidhi said: “We have told the centre as to what has to
be done and the centre too has listed them out.”
Karunanidhi said the passing of the resolution will
pressurise the Lankan government to atone for the atrocities they had committed
to the Tamils there.
“The Sri Lankan government has been forced to bow before
the world and have to explain its acts,” he said. (ManoramaOnline)