U.K. Tamil Activist "Moved" by Sonia Gandhi's Gesture
by Hasan Suroor
LONDON: Britain's normally hard-to-please Tamil activists were, on Saturday, effusive in their praise for United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi after she reportedly told them that she shared their concern over the situation in Sri Lanka and said that the displaced Tamils should be rehabilitated and have their rights restored.
Sonia Gandhi delivers the Commonwealth Lecture on "Women as Agents of Change" in London on Friday Mar 18th. - pic PTI
“I am very, very concerned about the situation in Sri Lanka. Tamils should have their rights restored. We are with the Tamils, you must know,” Ms. Gandhi was reported as saying in a statement issued by the Global Tamil Forum.
The forum's spokesman Suren Surendiran, a strong critic of the Indian government, said he was “moved” by her gesture.
“She was very generous considering that she was surrounded by security people and could have easily ignored us. I was very moved by her gesture.”
She had spoken to senior members of the forum at a reception hosted by the Commonwealth Foundation on Thursday.
Earlier, she delivered the 14th Commonwealth Lecture on “Women as Agents of Change.” ~ courtesy: The Hindu ~
4 Comments
Well,Well,Well!!!
Who the hell R U to speak of Sri Lankan Tamils???
U R not even an Indian tamil!!!
This should be an eye opener to all Tamils. Unless we understand India’s politics ( Central Govt.) and thinking and act accordingly, Tamils will be sufferings, for generations to come,. Sinhalese have understood this, particularly Rajapaksa brothers and manipulating the Indian Govt to achieve its own objectives.
Hope that BTF, GTF, Tamilnet and we Tamils will stop "Indian bashing" and work with India in a constructive way to support us in our struggle for freedom, rights and dignity. India is the only country that can deliver this and it is an unwritten rule within the diplomatic community that India is the regional power and without India's consent, no power, even China, will not make any move in the region. So, rather than pouring millions on "self-serving" Tamil Nadu Politician, let’s all work with the Indian (central) govt.) to achieve our goals without jeopardising India's strategic objectives.
Hi,
Forget Her, She made us Foolish again. This is election time in India. Don't trust India even if you Trust China.
May be those 'experienced' politicians can could get a clue on how to handle such a situation.