From: kat@doe.carleton.ca (Kathiravan Krishnamurthi)
Subject: Re: A threat from ...
Organization: Dept. of Electronics, Carleton University
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 14:23:17 GMT

In <BtKon0.IFp@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> mvishnu@morse.uwaterloo.ca (m vishnu) writes:

>In article <2A99985A.4882@orion.oac.uci.edu> sundar@indigo1.hsis.uci.edu (M. Sundaramoorthy) writes:
>>In article <BtICCz.9GL@ireq.hydro.qc.ca> srini@ireq-num.hydro.qc.ca (Srinivasan K.) writes:
>>>In article <keZargq00VogMG8lU9@andrew.cmu.edu> ag3l+@andrew.cmu.edu
>>>(Arun K. Gupta) writes:
>>>>
>>	Gandhism might have worked with British government, but not with
>>	Indian and Sri Lankan governements. Sri Lankan Tamils have proved
>>	this.
>>
>>	Remember, an youth, Dilipan went fast for two weeks without even taking
>>	a drop of water and died when Indian troops landed in Sri Lanka.

>This is one of the acts of Indians that turned the Tamil people to the
>sides of Tigers.  Remeber, Tamils civilians welcomed IPKF by garlanding
>them.

>Rajiv Gandhi and J. R. Jayawardina signed the Accord without consulting
>any of the Tamils.  Prabakaran was flown to Delhi, was put in a 
>house arrest, was showed the Accord and was given a take it or 
>leave it ultimatum.

>According to Rajiv Gandhi, the Tamils got what they want in that the
>north and east would be merged.  But J. R. Jayawardina had a catch:
>he wrote that there would be a referendum and that merger would be
>reversed if there are no 2/3 majority supporting it.  With this
>clause JR started to settle almost 1000 Sinhalese settlers per day 
>in the eastern province.  

>Dilipan, a senoir LTTE cadre, began a fast to death without even 
>taking a drop of water, protesting the settlement.  Rajiv Gandhi
>simply said there was no settlement.  His Sri-lankan high commissioner
>visited the area and said there was "massive settlement".  India
>took no note and Dilipan died.  Following this one elderly lady,
>Annai Poopathi, also started a fast to death without taking water
>and she met the same fate.

>These two deaths and the death of the 12 LTTE leaders in the hands
>of the Sri-lankan army (the SL armed forces were supposed to be 
>confined to the barraks according to the Accord, they not only 
>ventured out, they arrested 12 unarmed LTTE leaders and were
>preparing to take them to Colombo.  Prabakaran protested and
>asked Rajiv to intervene.  Rajiv instead of intervening, provided
>Indian fighter jets to transport the LTTE leaders to Colombo.
>The 12 leaders committed suicide) made LTTE to renounce its 
>Gandhian method and to re-use arms against the IPKF.  After putting
>up stiff resistance in Jaffna, they withdrew to the Wanni jungles in 
>the north-cetral part of Sri-lanka and engages in the classical 
>>	in Indian politics.

>Yes,  Rajiv proved that he was more of an Italian than Indian by ignoring 
>Dilipan and Poopathi.

>Irrited at some western journalists' questions, Rajiv roared that he would
>make Prabakaran fall at his feet!

Rajiv never treated anyone with respect. Somehow he was only
power hungry. He should have been nurtured in Indian culture.
I wish an ordinary villager can become the prime-minister
of INdia. 

Only cowards want somebody to fall at their feet. What
happened? History will speak.





>Meenan Vishnu
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