Vasan to take up Lankantraining with Antony

Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsUnion Shipping Minister and Congress leader G KVasan today said the state party unit was against imparting training to SriLankan Defence personnel and he would soon take up the issue with DefenceMinister A K Antony."All political parties in Tamil Nadu have statedsimilar views on the issue. That is the same also with the Tamil Nadu CongressCommittee. We will urge the Centre to send back the (Sri Lankan) personnel. Infuture, TNCC would take a strong step so that this kind of situation does notreccur," he told reporters here.Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and DMK President M Karunanidhi,a key ally of the UPA, have strongly objected to the training of Sri Lankandefence personnel in India, saying it hurt the sentiments of people of thestate in view of the war crime charges faced by the island government."Our demand is that those who are being trained shouldbe sent back (to Sri Lanka). There is no second thought about it.We are firm in our decision. Soon after I reach Delhi, Iwill have a detailed interaction with the Defence Minister about this matter. Wewill take it up, so that there is a solution to this issue soon," Vasansaid.On BJP stalling Parliament prooceedings over coal blocksallocation issue, he said, "the only objective of the BJP was to stall theproceedings of Parliament" and such action would "impair" thecountry's growth."It is against people. There are several Bills andofficial matters pending to be cleared in Parliament," he said, appealingthe BJP to cooperate for the functioning of Parliament.He also criticised Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi'scomments on women in the context of malnutrition, saying "A responsibleChief Minister should not have commented like this. No one in this country willaccept his remark."Modi had recently said in an interview to Wall StreetJournal that "Gujarat is ...a middle class state. The middle class is morebeauty conscious than health conscious...that is a challenge. If a mother tellsher daughter to have milk they have a fight. She will tell her mother 'I wontdrink milk, I will get fat'." first published:January 01, 1970, 05:30 ISTlast updated:January 01, 1970, 05:30 IST
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