Appeal to Indian PM
A humble appeal to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh by Dr. Ravi
Malhotra President, Front Against Terrorism (FAT ), Mumbai, India
Prime Minister
Dr. Manmohan Singh |
There are many instances in the World history where well educated and
matured Prime Ministers and Presidents of various countries have made
wrong decisions and serious blunders, knowingly or unknowingly,
intentionally or by an oversight, causing significant downfall and
irreversible damages to those countries. India has now reached a similar
critical stage.
The Sri Lankan Government is in the process of systematically and
successfully eliminating the terrorism from their soil and liberating
the innocent Tamil civilians being held by the LTTE (better known as
Tamil Tigers) as a human shield against their wish. We regret that the
pro-LTTE politicians in the state of Tamil Nadu are pressurising our
Prime Minister Shri Dr Manmohan Singh to pressurise the Sri Lanka
Government to enter into a ceasefire agreement (CFA) with the world’s
deadliest terrorist organisation, the LTTE.
It is a well-known open secret that it is India who created the LTTE
for reasons known only to late Prime Minister of India Mrs Indira Gandhi
and her close associates. It is a fact and not a fiction. It is a shame
for India to commit such a crime against our own neighbour, people of
Sri Lanka.
Enormous damages
In fact, India should be held directly responsible and accountable
for the enormous damages done to property, infrastructure facilities and
loss of human lives (grandparents, pregnant women, toddlers etc) during
the past three decades. Frankly speaking, India should have compensated
them. Sri Lankans are too polite. Otherwise, they would have gone to the
international courts seeking compensation from India. India has done
enough damages to our neighbouring country Sri Lanka unnecessarily. Now,
it is the time to Stop it.
During the past three decades, the Sri Lankans, Sinhalese, Tamils and
Muslims have suffered enough from the terrorist activities of the LTTE.
Only a person who has seen the horrible scenes following either a bomb
blast or a suicide attack could comprehend it. I have witnessed the
consequences of terrorism three weeks ago when terrorists attacked my
home city, Mumbai. I have seen innocent people screaming, unconscious,
dead and blown to pieces. Prime Minister; You may have not seen those
suffering from your own eyes. That should not have happened anywhere in
the world, even to an animal. At a time when Sri Lanka is about to
eliminate LTTE terrorists following a prolonged period of suffering, it
is unfortunate to see that few selfish politicians in South India, once
again, are stepping out to drag Sri Lanka back to suffering by taking
unnecessary actions, which will definitely help the LTTE and also the
separatist movements in India.
Vaiko
Prime Minister; you may recall that V. Gopalsamy (better known as
Vaiko), glorified the terror act of LTTE when they attacked the Colombo
International Airport in Sri Lanka. It is on record; while addressing
the public at a meeting, Vaiko declared, the boys were all less than 20
years old, entered the airport with ease, devastated many air-craft and
caused extensive damage to the airport. I am proud of the boys, since
after causing huge loss all the boys returned safely without any loss of
life’. Prime Minister; Do you approve this criminal statement?
Soon after the failed assassination bid of former Sri Lankan
President Mrs Chandrika Kumarathunga, the racist pro-LTTE politician
Vaiko publically said “She needs to be lucky every time, but we need to
be lucky only once”. Do you understand the hidden meaning of this
criminal statement? Prime Minister; Do you approve this criminal
statement?
Mumbai terror attacks: ‘Terrorism any where is terrorism
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These two criminal statements should be more than enough to refresh
your memory if you have forgotten the true colours of Vaiko. Now, it is
the same Vaiko and the gang who are demanding you to pressurise the Sri
Lankan Government. Has Sri Lankan Government ever pressurised Indian
Government on our internal affairs? No. So, if that is the case, why
should the Indian Government pressurise the Sri Lankan Government on
their internal affairs? Is it fair? Let them handle their own business,
internal affairs etc. In this particular case, the Sri Lankan Government
has proven without any doubt that they can successfully resolve this
issue by themselves provided that other countries do not interfere. The
leader of the LTTE, mass murderer, Velupillai Prabhakaran is wanted by
Interpol. Are you aware Prabhakaran is wanted by India too for the
assassination of our former Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi? Under
these circumstances, I cannot understand how a person like you, the
Prime Minister of India, has not rejected the demands by Vaiko and the
gang? In fact, you should have immediately ordered Indian law
enforcement authorities to arrest Vaiko and the gang under the
prevailing laws in India.
We are proud of your recent statement made at the Lok Sabha, “There
are no good terrorists and bad terrorists.” Yes, terrorism any where is
terrorism everywhere.
Friendly neighbour
Nothing could justify the killing of innocent civilians and the
wanton destruction of property including national assets. We expect you
to implement your statement, not only to India, but also to other
countries including Sri Lanka.
Prime Minister in the name of humanity, our humble appeal to you is:
India has produced her greatest sons such as Mahathma Gandhi and
Jawarlahal Nehru. Follow their foot-steps;” Our former Prime Minister
Indira Gandhi did the worst crime in the contemporary history to our
friendly neighbouring country Sri Lanka by breeding, nurturing and
training the Tamil Tigers on Indian soil perhaps to destabilise the
economically emerging Sri Lanka; Do not repeat the same crime: Now you
have the opportunity to undo it; “
Leave party politics aside, do not surrender to the racist and unfair
demands by pro-LTTE Tamil politicians in Tamil Nadu; “
People of Sri Lanka too are innocent human beings; Sri Lanka and
India are blood relatives. We share common values and culture. Do not
show the strength of your mussels to them; Practice the teachings of
India’s icon, her greatest son, Mahatma Gandhi;” Sri Lanka is
systematically and successfully eliminating terrorism from her soil.
Please leave them alone; do not interfere with their internal matters;
Help them, if our assistance is sought by the Sri Lankan Authorities;
At this critical juncture, the civilised world is watching your
actions.
India’s future and credibility are in your hands. Please do not let
down India, the people of India and Indians successfully living in other
parts of the world, in front of the civilised world community. |