Tamil Nadu Chief Condemns Ferry Service
By Janith Aranze
Jayaram Jayalalitha
A ferry service from Colombo to Tamil Nadu was launched this week. However though the ferry service has just commenced, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha Jeyaram, has said that her government was not consulted on the move. In a memorandum given to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh she condemned the decision to launch the service.
“The Tamil Nadu legislative assembly has recently passed a resolution urging the Government of India to initiate action by working with other nations for the imposition of an economic embargo on the Government of Sri Lanka until the Tamils who are now living in camps are resettled in their own places and are allowed to live with dignity and with equal constitutional rights on par with the Sinhalese,” the memorandum noted.
The service which arrives at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu, takes approximately 14 hours, with all services departing at 6 p.m. As an inaugural offer, a single cabin on the passenger ferry will cost Rs.6600, a cabin for two passengers will cost Rs.12338, while a first class cabin will set passengers back Rs.37813. The ferry service which is being run by the Ceylon Shipping Corporation (CPS) will cease its inaugural offers by 30 June.
Jeyalalitha and TN assembley should remember that since the Indian government is indirectly participated in the crimes against humanity, it will be hard to expect the central government to honor Tamilnadu assembly resolution. Instead, TN assembly should focus on international inquiery within India to find out who in the government o India contributed crimes against humanity. May be Jeyalalitha should wait other party form the government at the centre so that a parliamentary commitee can investigate the participants who contributed crimes against humanity in Sri Lanka.
who uses the ferry service? her own people. foolish women
Govt. should inform her to visit Srilanka and show her the present ground situation here. Also tell her not to comment like that about Srilanka
Including a visit to Alaveddy wheer ARMY goons attacked TNA election meeting !!
I request her excellency jayalalitha jayaram to pity on both south indians and srilankan who mainly get benefits and advantages from the inaugurated ferry services it not only serve as a mode of sea transport but also increase mutual friendship between sinhalese and tamis who are same in look and appearance only the names are different their food are also little different and blood too same soyour e i beg your excellency to support us to live in harmonr and lastin peace your excellecy and yuor striking image are very strongly praised and admired by our sinhalese majority in cinema hallslet us to live peacefully
who wants ferry to sinhala areas ?
Let them connect to Mannar or Jaffna..
We Tamils in Tamilnadu not want any Sinhalese to visit our place..
you are welcome at your own risk……
can a Sinhala travel to Chennai and walk in Streets saying He is a sinhala and he likes Rajapakse ??
Excellent.We Tamils should be united and teach our enemies a lesson.
The United Nations, USA , UK and Europe , Australia will DIVIDE Lanka into …
Tamil Eelam
South SInhala Kadaiya land..
WAIT and SEE
You killed 140,000 TAMILS and Raped our Sisters…WAIT….
We Curse you..
Selvi Jeyalalithaa is a BRAVO!
Noone including Tamils should not visit Sri Lanka until the process of accountability and justice to the victims in place.
No civilized person or the government can deal with the terrorist Rajapakse regime and people all over the world must boycott Sri Lanka.
The Sri Lankan regime has been committing crimes against humanity for years and fooled the international community and other nations that they were fighting against the Tigers but in fact they have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity gainst Tamils.
The Rajapakse regime has denied access to Independent Journalists, Media, NGOs, International communtiy, diplomats and Human Rights goruos to Tamil areas to collect and report independently.
The Rajapakse regime only inderstands violence and state terrorism and thus the Interntaional community must take a firm step like the US and NATO attack on Serbia and brought Milosevic to the ICC. This is the best option and this has to be done asap to prevent further bloodshed, loss of life and end crimes against humanity.
The sinhalese will walk with the Lion Flag high in Chennai and observe how the tamils bypass toilets in the streets just outside their eating joints. Jayaweva!!!!