The all-party meeting has not been able to come to a common position on the resolution on Sri Lanka in the Indian parliament.
Of all the parties present only the Tamil parties DMK and AIADMK supported a resolution to be passed in parliament, with all other parties rejecting the idea, reported FirstPost.
“We are with Lankan Tamils but there is no need for a resolution by Parliament as Lanka is the only country which stood with us during the 1962 China war.
“We have recently rejected Pakistan parliament resolution on Afzal Guru. How can we do the same to a friendly neighbour. At the UNHCR, India should do what is in the national interest and interst of Tamils of Lanka,” said Samajwadi Party leader Rewati Raman Singh.
The BJP also rejected interference in what it said were Sri Lanka’s internal affairs. Party leader Sushma Swaraj questioned why the meeting had been convened in the first place.
“We had never created the impasse. The impasse is between government and DMK and it is for them to sit together and resolve it,” she said.
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