Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister J Jayalalitha has urged India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take firm action against Sri Lanka and force it to stop attacks on Tamil fishermen.
"The government of India has virtually abandoned its poor and defenceless fishermen to face an uncertain future caused by the risk of daily attacks and abduction at the hands of the Sri Lankan Navy,” she said in a letter to Singh.
"Unless the government of India displays greater fortitude and firmness and acts with alacrity through diplomatic channels to put pressure on Sri Lanka, there appears to be little chance of securing the prompt release of our fishermen or to avert such instances in future," she wrote, according to the IANS news agency.