Chennai, May 25 Amid strong opposition from all quarters to Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi’s invite to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa for his swearing-in, CPI(M) today said the Centre should utilise this occasion for resolving the Lankan Tamils issue.
“There has been no investigation into the alleged human rights violations during the final phase of war (against LTTE in 2009). Also no steps had been taken for devolution of powers in Tamil areas…”, CPI-M state General Secretary G Ramakrishnan said in a statement issued here.
The Central Government should utilise the visit of Rajapaksa to Delhi tomorrow and “exert more pressure” on him to solve the Tamils issue, he added. (Courtesy: PTI)