{"id":108253,"date":"2013-09-30T22:52:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T17:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=108253"},"modified":"2013-10-05T02:23:49","modified_gmt":"2013-10-04T20:53:49","slug":"dont-meet-wigneswaran-until-he-says-sorry-to-tn-tamils-tamils-for-obama-urges-jeyalalithaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/dont-meet-wigneswaran-until-he-says-sorry-to-tn-tamils-tamils-for-obama-urges-jeyalalithaa\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Meet Wigneswaran Until He Says \u2018Sorry\u2019 To TN Tamils: Tamils For Obama Urges Jeyalalithaa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tamils for Obama wrote a letter to Chief Minister Jayalalithaa of Tamil Nadu urging her not to meet with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=C.V.+Wigneswaran&amp;x=10&amp;y=7\">C.V\u00a0Wigneswaran<\/a><\/span>\u00a0at least until he apologizes to the people of Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_97879\" style=\"width: 302px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ettappan-wigneswaran-and-war-crimes\/wigneswaran-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-97879\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97879\" class=\"size-full wp-image-97879\" title=\"Wigneswaran 3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Wigneswaran-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Wigneswaran-3.jpg 292w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Wigneswaran-3-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-97879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wigneswaran<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Tamils for Obama wrote a letter to Chief Minister Jeyalalithaa of Tamil Nadu in which they warned her to be cautious in dealing with Wigneswaran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think we know what he is trying to do,\u201d said a spokesman for the diaspora Tamil group. \u201cBesides trying to get some of her prestige to stick to him, he wants her to become more sympathetic to the Colombo view of a united Sri Lanka, a view he supports.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter to CM Jeyalalithaa said \u201cWe expect that Mr. Wigneswaran, who might soon be CM of the northern province of Sri Lanka, will try to persuade you to abandon your support of an international tribunal looking into GOSL war crimes during the recent civil war. He will also probably do anything he can to advance the cause of a united Sri Lanka with no special homeland for the Tamils in the northeast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter continues \u201cA recent election showed that Tamils in the northern province are angry and want no part of the current status quo in SL. Mr. Wigneswaran interprets this as meaning that they want a united Sri Lanka without any interference from outsiders, including diaspora Tamils and Tamil Nadu voices.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We disagree, We believe that northeast Tamils reject the status quo because they live in fear of the armed forces and paramilitaries who are their close neighbors and who regularly cause them pain and suffering. We think northeastern Tamils want a safe and secure homeland where they can be proud of themselves and take part in their own government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter noted that Wigneswaran has frequently and publicly said that diaspora Tamils and Tamil Nadu Tamils should stay out of matters that (he thinks) only concern SL Tamils. &#8220;We think he is wrong. Tamil Nadu Tamils have done much to publicize the suffering and injustice endured by Tamils in northeastern Sri Lanka. The voices of these cousins of ours have raised awareness and sympathy among non-Tamils, and by doing this they have made our oppressors in Sri Lanka more cautious in carrying out their ethnic cleansing. We should be grateful for their help.&#8221; said the Tamils for Obama.<\/p>\n<p>Wigneswaran most recently said this in interviews with Hindustan Times (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/editorial-views-on\/InterviewsNews\/Sri-Lankan-issue-being-used-by-TN-for-political-gains-says-Justice-CV-Wigneswaran\/Article1-1095241.aspx\">Sri Lankan issue being used by TN for political gains, says Justice CV Wigneswaran, July 19, 2013<\/a><\/span>) and The Hindu (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/south-asia\/tn-politicians-exploiting-lankan-tamils-issue-cv-wigneswaran\/article5121012.ece\">TN politicians exploiting Lankan Tamils issue: C.V. Wigneswaran, September 13, 2013<\/a><\/span>), the spokesman pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge you, Ms. Jayalalithaa, not to meet with Mr. Wigneswaran,\u201d Tamils for Obama wrote in their letter, \u201cuntil he has at least apologized to the TN Tamils on this matter.\u201d said\u00a0Tamils for Obama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":97879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,6969,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-popular-stories","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Don\u2019t Meet Wigneswaran Until He Says \u2018Sorry\u2019 To TN Tamils: Tamils For Obama Urges Jeyalalithaa - 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