Amidst protests against President’s Mahinda Rajapasa’s visit to Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, said it was expected that Sri Lanka treated Tamils equally to clear doubts in the minds of people in both nations.
During a brief interaction with President Rajapaksa, Chouhan acknowledged the strong relations between India and Sri Lanka, and stressed that “It was expected from the island nation to treat Tamils with equality and that the President should highlight the work being undertaken by his government in this regard”, official sources said.
Fulfilling the Sri Lankan government’s prioritised role of fostering Buddhism, Rajapaksa arrived in Madhya Pradesh to lay the foundation stone for the Sanchi University of Buddhist studies.