Sri Lanka, Jan. 11 -- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin has written to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging the central government to take proactive and high-level diplomatic steps to protect the welfare, political rights, and constitutional aspirations of Sri Lankan Tamils amid proposed constitutional reforms in Sri Lanka.

In his detailed letter, Stalin said he was drawing the Prime Minister's attention to what he described as a deeply troubling and sensitive issue concerning the Tamil community in Sri Lanka.

He stressed that Tamil Nadu has always been at the forefront of advocating the rights and aspirations of Sri Lankan Tamils due to strong historical, cultural, and emotional ties.

As Chief Minister, he said it was his ...