Chennai, Dec. 26 -- With the Sri Lankan government of Anura Kumara Dissanayake attempting the change the Constitution of the island nation into a unitary state, Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) president and former union Minister Anbumani on Friday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to restrain Colombo as this would deprive the ethnic minority Tamils of self-governance and meaningful autonomy.
In a letter to the Prime Minister, he said the developments in Sri Lanka, particularly the continued and systematic efforts to deny any political power and self-governance to the Tamil people are fundamentally contrary to the values India has consistently championed across the world.
"The root cause of Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict lies in the system...