Students burn their voter ID cards over Lankan navy atrocities

About sixty students from 7 colleges in Cuddalore district gathered near the Viruthachalam bus stand Wednesday morning and burnt their voter ID cards in protest against the government of India’s silence over their demands on the Eelam issue.

Students protesting against the Indian government's Sri Lanka policy

T Maran, a student leader, said the protest was against New Delhi’s refusal to act on their demand to arrest the Sri Lankan high commissioner to India, Prasad Kariyawasam, for the killings of over 600 Tamil Nadu fishermen by the Sri Lankan navy in the last two decades.

“We want India to approach the UN for conducting a referendum in Sri Lanka for Eelam, a separate Tamil nation. Till we achieve our demands, our struggle will continue,” he said.

Most of the colleges in the State reopened after a long break over the students’ protests on the Eelam issue.

Student leaders said that they have formulated a fresh strategy to continue their struggle in a sustained manner to keep the pressure on the central and state governments till justice is secured for the Eelam Tamils and Tamil Nadu fishermen. – TWL Bureau