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NT Bureau
Chennai, Mar 3:

        'Sri Lankan Tamils are looking forward to support from India and Tamilnadu in particular to solve their problems in the island nation,' said N Srikantha, MP, Tamil National Alliance, Jaffna district.

        Srikantha said this while addressing a press meet organised by the World Tamil Federation in Chennai yesterday. The meet was held to create awareness about the problems suffered by the Tamils in Lanka.

        He said Tamils were subjected to human rights violation. 'Since May last year, killing of Tamils in places like Jaffna, Vaunia and Batticaloa have become common, and since August last indiscriminate arrests, abduction, disappearance of Tamils have been reported,' he added.

        'The Lankan authorities and the Armed Forces have been resorting to violence on Tamils and the paramilitary forces seem to go hand- in-hand with the Armed Forces in this regard,' he added.

        Srikantha further said innocent Tamil civilians bore the brunt of bombing by Lankan Armed Forces under the pretext of targeting LTTE positions. He added that certain foreign nations were lending a helping hand to Lankan authorities in this regard.

        T R Janardhanam, president, World Tamil Federation (WTF), speaking on the occasion, said WTF had been focussing on problems and issues of Tamils for the past 40 years.

        M K Sivajilingam, MP, was also present on the occasion.