Jaya writes to PM on SL arrest of fishermen
Posted on: 15/Mar/2013 12:23:42 PM - No. of views : (1731)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has asked the Prime Minister to protect the fishermen of Tamil Nadu. Her statement comes a day after 52 fishermen were taken captive by the Sri Lankan Navy. The day before that 19 others were taken.
In a letter to Dr. Manmohan Singh, Ms. Jayalalithaa said, �We are agitated by incidents of repeated capture of our fishermen while pursuing their livelihood. We expect the government of India to also respond and react pro-actively when incidents of this nature happen� You will agree with me that solutions to the fishing disputes between two neighbouring countries are not resolved by force or by treating the fishermen of the neighbouring country as `criminals` and arresting and terrorising them through assaults and gun firing� Let Sri Lanka not be emboldened by your silence and construe it as a sign of weakness and indifference towards our fishermen.�
