CPI asks govt to stop military aid to Colombo

New Delhi, Mar 8 (PTI) Terming the situation in Sri Lanka
as "very grim", the Communist Party of India (CPI) Sunday
asked the government to stop all military aid to Colombo and
ask the Rajapakse government to stop the war and come out with
a political package.

"The situation is very grim. It is a huge humanitarian
catastrophe. Large number of people are dying of starvation
and lack of proper medical care with the war against LTTE
intensifying every day," CPI National Secretary D Raja told
PTI.

Demanding that the Rajapakse government stop the war, he
asked the government to tell Colombo to come out with a
political package, "which meets the legitimate aspirations of
the Sri Lankan Tamils, which are genuine and historic."

He said India should stop all kinds of military
assistance, offensive and defensive, to check the impression
in the minds of people that New Delhi was helping Sri Lankan
government in the war.

Referring to DMK and PMK, he said these parties should
share the responsibility of the UPA government's policies on
the matter.

"They are part of the UPA coalition at the centre, which
is taking a disastrous policy towards Sri Lankan Tamils. What
is the point (for DMK-PMK) crying hoarse in Tamilnadu?"

Maintaining that UN and other foreign agencies have
already pointed towards the major problems facing the Tamil
population in Sri Lanka, he accused the Rajapakse government
of not heeding to international opinion but only seeking
military solution.

"The UPA government will also be accused of letting down
the Sri Lankan Tamils and betraying there cause," Raja said.
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