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> Title: Need to stop the military operations and sefeguard .

  PROF. M. RAMADASS : Yes, Sir. There will be no hulla-gulla.… (Interruptions)

  MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER: Nothing will go on record.

(Interruptions)* … MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER: Prof. Ramadass, please take your seat now. I am allowing you to speak on one condition that after your speech you will not disturb the House. PROF. M. RAMADASS : Yes, Sir. We will not disturb. We have no intention of disturbing the House.… (Interruptions)   MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER: Special Mentions will be taken up after 6.00 p.m. … (Interruptions)

PROF. M. RAMADASS : Hon. Deputy-Speaker Sir, as you are aware the Pattalli Makkal Kachi has been a decent partner in the UPA Alliance headed by respected Madam Sonia Ji. We have been extending very cordial cooperation to the Government of India on all policy matters.  We have provided stability to the Government and we have done everything.  But on one important issue concerning the sentiments of seven crore Tamilians of Tamil Nadu, we were expecting a favourable reply from the Government of India.           Hon. President of India, in her Presidential Address, has made a mention, which was fully satisfactory to us.  She said, in the Address, that the Sri Lankan Government must stop the military operations there and safeguard the interests of the innocent Tamilians.  That President Address has been approved by the Cabinet.  It means the people of India have approved the Address of the President and it was satisfying because she is asking for restoration of peace in Sri Lanka.  We were satisfied.      * Not recorded But then the hon. Foreign Minister, after we raised the issue, made a suo motu statement in the House yesterday which was completely a distortion of facts, which was contrary to what the President of India has said.   While the President of India says that the Sri Lankan government must stop the military action in Sri Lanka, the hon. External Affairs Ministers says that the LTTE must stop all its activities  and this is contrary to the fact. Many of the averments made in the suo moto statement are contrary to the situation. We would like to know from the Government of India whether the suo motu statement was an individual statement of hon. External Affairs Minister; was the Cabinet of the country taken into confidence; whether the Government has permitted him to issue the statement; and what are the evidences before him to make a large number of value loaded points in the statement.  We think that it is an irresponsible statement.  It is a partial statement, one sided statement against the LTTE.  Sir, if our foreign policy has been a Non-aligned foreign policy, then you should be neutral to the two warring groups.  But he is making a statement in favour of one who is indulging in State sponsored terrorism in the country.  We feel that that statement was not the statement of the people of India, was not the statement of the Parliament of India, it was the statement of Mr. Pranab Mukherjee as the External Affairs Minister.  We only urge upon the Government either to withdraw the statement or come and explain to the House  we will be able to tell him the erroneous points that have been made in the statement.   Sir, we are all partners in the UPA; the DMK is the partner, PMK is the partner and there are two other Members from Tamil Nadu.  This is a matter concerning Tamil Nadu.  Why does not the Government consult the partners, take a decision and then give a suo motu statement.  Therefore, we feel that it is a… (Interruptions) SHRI VARKALA RADHAKRISHNAN (CHIRAYINKIL): Let him suffer the connections with the UPA. They are continuing in the UPA and they cannot contradict him… (Interruptions) PROF. M. RAMADASS : He was also a part of the UPA… (Interruptions)

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SHRI K.V. THANGKABALU (SALEM): Prof. Ramadass, I support you but we also have a right to speak on this important issue. … (Interruptions) MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER: Prof. Ramadass, are you going to conclude or not?

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MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER: Please sit down now.  I will give you time in ‘Zero Hour’.

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PROF. M. RAMADASS : Madam Sonia ji, who is the Chairperson of the UPA, is here. Our leader Dr. S. Ramadoss Maruthuvaraiah met her day before yesterday, explained to her the enveloping situation in Tamil Nadu, and requested her intervention. Reportedly Madam is sympathetic and she is very humane to this issue in Sri Lanka.           Yesterday, the DMK Party led a delegation, met her and urged upon her intervention in this matter.  Now, when this kind of a dialogue process is going on, the Statement made by the hon. External Affairs Minister has only fuelled the fire, and it is now agitating the minds of the people more and more.  When normalcy was coming, this kind of a Statement which is not based on facts has now infuriated the people of Tamil Nadu.  That is why, Sir, we are requesting the Government either to explain on the Statement again or kindly withdraw the Statement because we think that it is a constitutional impropriety and it has not been done in the interest of any of these people. … (Interruptions) SHRI VARKALA RADHAKRISHNAN : I support your cause, but not in this way … (Interruptions) PROF. M. RAMADASS : We do not want your support.  Please sit down. … (Interruptions)

MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER: Shri Radhakrishnan ji, please sit down.

          Prof. Ramadass, your point has come on record. Please conclude now.

PROF. M. RAMADASS : Sir, I have not been allowed to speak.  … (Interruptions)

MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER: Your point has already come on record.  Please conclude now.

PROF. M. RAMADASS : Sir, please allow me to speak for two to three minutes more.

          Sir, we wish to make it very clear to this House and also to Madam that we are not supporting any group in Sri Lanka.  Any group in Sri Lanka is not our party.  We are only worried about the innocent Tamils who are being bombed by the Shrilankon Army.  Hospitalized people and innocent people are being killed. It is a question of humanity.  We want this Gandhian land to show that it has got a heart; it has got a rationale for safeguarding the human people there. That is our appeal, Sir, to the Government. [H10]   [r11]          We would request the Government to withdraw the statement of the Minister of External Affairs and make an amended statement or explain the situation of the Government. MR. DEPUTY-SPEKAER:  Thank you.