A delegation of the Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) has met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin in Chennai and handed over a letter urging India to press Sri Lanka to move away from its unitary state structure and adopt a federal system, the party said.
TNPF leader and Jaffna District MP Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam said the delegation requested the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister to persuade India’s central government to exert pressure on Colombo, arguing that only a federal system would allow Tamils to fully enjoy the powers envisaged under the Indo-Lanka Accord.
“Only through a federal arrangement can the Tamil people exercise the powers that were expected through the Indo-Lanka Accord,” Ponnambalam said, speaking to journalists after the meeting.
According to the TNPF, the delegation included former MP Selvaraja Kajendran, lawyers Nadarajar Kandeepan and Sugash Kanagaratnam.