Chennai: Dismissing as "non-committal" and "futile" Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement on India's stand on the US-backed resolution against Sri Lanka at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today said it made no reference to alleged human rights violations by Colombo.
"He didn't make any reference to human rights violations. He has not said Sri Lanka will be condemned for these. This is a non-committal and futile reply," she said reacting to Singh's statement in the Lok Sabha today.
She said the PM had only said this while he did not have the final draft of the resolution. "India was inclined to vote for it and that its objective was to ensure equality, self-respect and dignity for the future of the Tamils," the PM had said.
Taking a dig at her archrival, DMK chief M Karunanidhi, for announcing a fast and party high-level committee meeting on the Sri Lankan issue, which he later withdrew citing Singh's reply, she said he had enacted a drama.
With parties in Tamil Nadu, including UPA's key ally DMK, mounting pressure to support the US resolution at the UNHRC against Sri Lanka for its alleged war crimes, the Prime Minister told the Lok Sabha that India was "inclined to" vote in favour of the resolution which meets "our objectives" with regard to the future of ethnic Tamils.
"He didn't make any reference to human rights violations. He has not said Sri Lanka will be condemned for these. This is a non-committal and futile reply," she said reacting to Singh's statement in the Lok Sabha today.
She said the PM had only said this while he did not have the final draft of the resolution. "India was inclined to vote for it and that its objective was to ensure equality, self-respect and dignity for the future of the Tamils," the PM had said.
With parties in Tamil Nadu, including UPA's key ally DMK, mounting pressure to support the US resolution at the UNHRC against Sri Lanka for its alleged war crimes, the Prime Minister told the Lok Sabha that India was "inclined to" vote in favour of the resolution which meets "our objectives" with regard to the future of ethnic Tamils.
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