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SHRI T.R. BAALU (SRIPERUMBUDUR): Hon. Speaker, Madam, with excruciatingly bleeding heart, I would like to initiate this discussion on genocide and the sad plight of Sri Lankan Tamils. … (Interruptions)

MADAM SPEAKER: Please, let us have order in the House.

… (Interruptions)

SHRI T.R. BAALU : I think that this is the third time in this House that I am raising this vexatious issue.  The hon. Members of Parliament would desist from disturbing the House because I am initiating the most important issue of the Sri Lankan Tamils. … (Interruptions)

          Madam, the other day, I mentioned about genocide and the sad plight of Sri Lankan Tamils. … (Interruptions) It is nothing but a true story, which could be substantiated by the Report submitted by a panel of experts appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

MADAM SPEAKER: Hon. Members, please do not do all this.

… (Interruptions)

SHRI T.R. BAALU : The panel consisted of Mr. Marzuki Darusman from Indonesia as the Chairman; Mr. Steven Ratner from United States of America; and Madam Yasmin Sooka of South Africa. … (Interruptions)

This Government has supported to wipe out and finish off our brothren, our blood relations and the men of our race, who have had umbilical cord relations with us. Sri Lanka itself has proclaimed that India was with them and helped them in their war against the Tamils, which was nothing but genocide. India went that far to defeat a resolution brought before the UN Human Rights Commission by 17 countries against Sri Lanka. Even today, the Government of India has not taken cognizance of the UN Panel Report that has come out with its findings about the genocide, the human rights violations and the war crimes committed by Sri Lankan Government. Even at a time the countries of the world have opened their eyes and are seeing for themselves what had happened in Sri Lanka, the Government of India is yet to open its eyes. So far they were using arms and weapons to resort to genocide, but now the Sri Lanka Government has resorted to weapon-less genocide systematically.

MR. CHAIRMAN: If there is anything objectionable, that should be deleted.

SHRI THOL THIRUMAAVALAVAN : The perpetrators of the genocide killings and those men of (Interruptions) …*should be brought to book for war crimes. They must be meted out with suitable punishment and should be taken to International Court of Justice.

MR. CHAIRMAN : The names mentioned by the hon. Member should be deleted.

SHRI THOL THIRUMAAVALAVAN :India has got 120 crores of people whereas Sri Lanka has got only 1 crore people. So mighty India can still prevail and if need be, we must consider intervening with all our force. Why are we afraid of them? What do we apprehend? The Tamil people must be sent back to their originally inhabited places. We must put an end to the aggression by their Armed Forces in taking over the land and properties of the hapless Tamils. Their cultural symbols are being destroyed. Hindu worship places are devastated. Instead, they seek to raise Budh Vihars there. The cultural identities of Tamils are being wiped out. They have razed to ground the houses of Tamils from their habitations. In English they call it genocidal attack.