The Sri Lankan Forces are on the verge of liquidating the LTTE, the dreaded Terrorist organisation. By all accounts its Chief V. Prabhakaran will be either captured or killed shortly after 13th May, 2009. The date 13th May 2009, assumes significance, as it is the last day of the voting in Tamilnadu for the Parliamentary Elections in India. The LTTE has got some support in certain areas in Tamilnadu. Therefore, it is obvious that, the Governments of India and Sri Lanka appear to have entered into some tacit undertstanding that India would not object to the Lankan Army either capturing or killing V.Prabhakaran, provided it is done after 13th May 2009.
No doubt, the killing or capturing of Prabhakaran will lead to some unrest in Tamilnadu and there will be wanton destruction of public property, as the people of Tamilnadu are known to express their anger in an explicit manner.
But the Government should ensure that, such expressions of anger do not cross tolerable limits. Today the papers reported that, an Indian Army Convoy was attacked in Coimbatore by mobs owing allegiance to the LTTE. This is a dangerous development, as the attack in India of its own Army by its own citizens does not brood well for the future. The Centre and the State Governments should come down heavily on those groups which are attacking the Indian Army. The behaviour of all the political parties in Tamilnadu leaves a lot to be desired. So far, not a single political party has condemned the attack of the Indian Army by the mobs in Coimbatore. Moreover, all political parties in Tamilnadu are demanding a separate home land for the Tamils in Sri Lanka. This is nothing but an interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign country. Supposing the Sri Lankan’s support the cause of Muslims in Jammu and Kashmir and demand a separate home land for them, will the Government of India give up Jammu and Kashmir ? Today there is large presence of Telugu Software Engineers in Seattle, USA. Will the Government of Andhra Pradesh or Government of India be justified in demanding a separate home land for the Telugu speaking people in USA after 10 or 20 years ?
It is high time for the political parties in Tamil Nadu to behave in a rational manner and do nothing which will put the integrity and unity of the country in peril. Every Tamilian must think that he is an Indian first, and a Tamilian next, and not vice versa. Lets hope that good sense prevails in Tamilnadu.
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