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No support to LTTE - Congress

INDIA: The Congress said it was worried about the situation in Sri Lanka, but said it was not supporting the cause of the LTTE or its chief Prabhakaran.

“We are only concerned about the civilian casualties. We are not supporting the cause of LTTE and Prabhakaran. It is a banned organisation in India,” Congress Media Department chief M. Veerappa Moily told reporters on Saturday.

Asked whether the move by DMK MPs to resign within a fortnight was a threat to the UPA Government, Moily said they have only expressed their concern.

To a question what the government can do beyond expressing concern, Moily said that in bilateral relations, such things do matter.

Meanwhile, Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee is likely to undertake a visit to Sri Lanka shortly to discuss the situation, sources said yesterday.

The decision in this regard is understood to have been reached during a telephone conversation between President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

The two leaders are believed to have decided that Mukherjee will meet Sri Lankan leaders and assess the situation, the sources said.

President Rajapaksa, who called up Singh told the Prime Minister that the military operation in the North is “in no way directed against civilians,” the sources said.

He told Singh it was the desire of his Government to bring about normality as early as possible.

The two leaders discussed the issue of displacement of Tamil civilians in the North with President Rajapaksa assuring Singh that the displaced Tamil civilians caught in the conflict between security forces and the LTTE would be resettled as soon as possible.

He said in fact there were more internally displaced persons in the East which is being quickly addressed.

Meanwhile, hundreds of fishermen from Chennai, Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram districts were detained by police after they tried to lay siege on the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission in Chennai on Saturday.

There was tension in the air as the fishermen tried to force their way into the Deputy High Commission office.

They were blocked by the police.

More than 100 fishermen were arrested on the charge of violating Law and Order.

PTI

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