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Karunanidhi to take up Sri Lankan Tamils issue with PM | Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) chief, M Karunanidhi, on Sunday said that he would discuss issues related to rehabilitation of Sri Lankan Tamilians with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Karunanidhi is on a two-day visit
to the national capital. Interacting with media here, Karunanidhi said he would
also urge Prime Minister to release more funds for rehabilitation works. "Yes,
about the Tamilians and Rajapaksa I will speak with the Prime Minister. Yes I
will ask for more grant,” Karunanidhi said. Asked about his son and Union Fertilizers
Minister Alagiri’s constant absence in the parliament and not knowing any language
other than Tamil could be embarrassing for Karunanidhi, he said “Not necessarily.”
He is also scheduled to meet the Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh
Ahluwalia and other officials to finalise the state's annual plan outlay. On Sunday
morning, Karunanidhi called on President Pratibha Patil at the Rashtrapati Bhavan
and extend a formal invitation to her for inaugurating the next month's World
Tamil Conference to be held at Coimbatore . Karunanidhi said his purpose of Delhi
visit is to meet officials of the Planning Commission. “The main purpose of visit
is to meet the Planning Commission with revised outlay for the development of
the state. Also we have invited the President of India for the World Tamil Conference
to be held at Coimbatore ," he said. |
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