New Delhi: The country's Energy Minister Uday Gammanpila has reacted sharply to the letter to PM Narendra Modi of 7 Sri Lankan political parties seeking help. Parties representing Sri Lankan Tamils had written in their letter addressed to Prime Minister Modi to appeal to his government to fully implement the 13th Amendment to the Sri Lankan Constitution. Sri Lanka's 13th Constitutional Amendment deals with providing proper political representation to Tamils.
On the same news, Sri Lanka's energy minister has said that Sri Lanka is a sovereign nation, not a part of India. This was to be raised with the President of Sri Lanka, not to the Indian PM. Sri Lankan Energy Minister Uday Gammanpila made the remarks while talking to the media at a weekly cabinet press conference on Wednesday morning, naming TNA (Tamil National Alliance), who was part of parties seeking assistance, saying that whatever problems he had with the 13th Constitutional Amendment were to be raised with the President-elect of Sri Lanka.
At the same time, he said, "If our Tamil parties have any problem or apprehension about the implementation of the 13th Amendment, they should make our President aware of their problems instead of the Indian PM, because we are a sovereign country and not part of India. If our Tamil brothers had any issue with the implementation of the 13th Amendment, they should have spoken to our elected government instead of outsiders.''
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