B D NarayankarCPI has expressed disappointment over External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's visit to Sri Lanka by saying he failed to put pressure on Sri Lankan government to end its army offensive against the LTTE.
CPI General Secretary A B Bardhan said a plea to expand the safety zone for Tamils is no guarantee for safety of life.
Mukherjee should have made a serious effort, persuading and pressurising the Sri Lankan government to end war," Bardhan stated.
Bardhan also criticised the Centre for not respecting Tamil Nadu's sentiments in this issue.
If there was a "serious effort" from Colombo to end war, the LTTE "has to respond" and cannot "deliberately endanger lives of people by insisting on fighting," he said.
Outlining his party's stand for a united Sri Lanka, Bardhan said there should be a certain "degree of autonomy" for Tamils in Northern and Eastern parts of that country which according to him would "end discrimination".
Responding to the suicide of a 26-year-old man, allegedly to express solidarity with the Sri Lankan Tamils, Bardhan urged people to "refrain" from such ways of expressing their feelings, saying they won't solve the problem.
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