Chennai (PTI): AIADMK leader Jayalalithaa on Tuesday charged Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi with using the Sri Lankan Tamils issue to “divert” public attention from various problems including the spectrum allocation issue “rocking” the Union IT Ministry headed by A Raja of DMK.

In a release here, Jayalalithaa said, “At a time when the people were disgruntled over the DMK Government’s handling of price rise and unprecedented power crisis, the Sri Lankan Tamils issue came as a Godsend for him (Karunanidhi) to divert public attention to a relatively distant issue.”

She also alleged that the issue came in handy for the DMK leader to ,”divert attention” from the spectrum allocation issue which was “exposed” by the media.

She criticised Karunanidhi for his latest pro-Sri Lankan Tamils measures including creating a fund for them, and asked why the DMK was “silent” when the Centre was reportedly supplying military equipment to Colombo, shared defense expertise and imparted training to Lankan Army personnel, and demanded his resignation. She also claimed credit for “first raising the issue of the plight of Sri Lankan Tamils.”