A delegation of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) is to visit India in the next few weeks to discuss the issues faced by the Tamil community in the country as well as the forthcoming presidential election with New Delhi.
TNA Leader, MP R. Sampanthan says that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited the TNA for a discussion in New Delhi during his recent visit to Sri Lanka.
“When Prime Minister Modi was in Sri Lanka, several matters were discussed and we have been asked to come to Delhi. So we are hoping to undertake that journey shortly,” Sampanthan has said.
During discussions with New Delhi, the TNA is expected to urge India to play a more active role in ensuring the Sri Lankan Government kept its commitment to the international community with regard to the national question.
“We will be discussing the fact that Sri Lanka has not yet delivered on its commitments on the national question. Many commitments have been made to India and other countries that supported a resolution on this matter – countries which have assisted in the negotiations – but none of these commitments have been fulfilled. I think in the present context, when there is a lull in movement, it is necessary that the international community, to whom commitments have been made by Sri Lanka, should activate themselves and make the Sri Lankan Government realise that those commitments have to be delivered at once,” Sampanthan has said.
The TNA delegation is currently waiting for an appointment from the Indian Premier to make the visit to New Delhi.
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