The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Jayalalithaa called the mass arrest of fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy this week a "near warlike" act.
In a letter to the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, she wrote,
In a letter to the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, she wrote,
"These are the largest and most outrageous acts of mass abduction of our fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy,"Meanwhile the DMK leader, M. Karunanidhi, condemned New Delhi for letting the Sri Lankan Navy turn the Bay of Bengal into an "open-air prison".
"Such brazen and near warlike acts could not have been carried out without the tacit approval of the Sri Lankan government. India's prestige and image has suffered grievous damage,"
"Surely, we cannot continue our facile 'do not touch policy' in the face of these audacious and high handed acts that violate the lives and livelihoods of our fishermen anymore,"
"The Sri Lankan High Commissioner in New Delhi must be summoned to the ministry of external affairs and our strong protest lodged. Prime Minister, sir, you must personally take up this issue with the President of Sri Lanka without any further delay,"