Latest on Govt, DMK and Sri Lanka in 10 points
Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Updated: March 20, 2013 12:48 IST
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Here are the highlights of what they said:
- At a press conference this morning, Finance Minister P Chidambaram announced that India has decided to move amendments to the UN resolution against Sri Lanka.
- He also said that the government is continuing consultations with other political parties to introduce a parliamentary resolution on Sri Lanka.
- Amendments in Geneva and a parliamentary resolution had been listed by DMK chief M Karunanidhi as pre-conditions to a possible return to the UPA fold.
- But last night, the party delivered a letter to the President withdrawing support to the UPA. Three of the DMK's five ministers have met the PM today and handed in their resignation letters.
- The DMK denies that it is open to reconciliation with the UPA. "There is no window. It has grills," said party spokesperson TKS Elangovan.
- "The government is neither lame, nor is it a duck," said Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath, "we are absolutely stable." He added, "No party has challenged our majority."
- The BJP has said it cannot support a parliamentary resolution that names Sri Lanka because it would amount to interference in another country's internal affairs.
- The government accepted that another major ally, Mr Sharad Pawar , has reservations about a country-specific resolution being adopted by India. "That is why we are busy with consultations," said Mr Kamal Nath.
- Mr Chidambaram said that it is a "canard that India diluted the resolution sponsored by the US," a charge levelled both by the DMK and NGOs.
- Mr Chidambaram said, "India's position has always been that UN should adopt a strong resolution to goad Sri Lanka to accept an independent investigation."
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