Karunanidhi to lead all-party delegation

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi will lead an all-party delegation to Delhi on December 4 to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, seeking the Centre’s intervention into the Sri Lankan Tamils issue and arrange for a ceasefire immediately in the island nation.

A resolution to this effect was adopted at a meeting of leaders of legislative parties at the secretariat here today, chaired by the Chief Minister. The meeting was attended among others, by the DMK, Congress and PMK.

The meeting, which was boycotted by principal opposition AIADMK, its ally MDMK and CPM, CPI and DMDK, also decided that MPs from all political parties from Tamil Nadu would meet the Prime Minister on November 28 to reiterate their demand.

The resolution also urged the Centre to warn the Sri Lankan Government to stop the war against Sri Lankan Tamils in the island nation, instead of just asking them to do so repeatedly.

The meeting said people of the state were aware that the Union Government was trying its level best to take steps to stop the war, but have to speed up the matter in this regard.