Sri Lankan Tamils

Sri Lankan Tamils :

Dr. Anna once metaphorically explained that the sea water is salty because the tears of the sufferings of overseas Tamilians flowed into it. When the Sri Lanka troops and Sinhala Chaunists systematically began the genocide of Tamils, Kalaignar having dedicated him self for the life and freedom of Tamils wherever they live, pursued all diplomatic efforts to defend the Tamil race and their rights, provided necessary assistance to all Tamil organisations in Sri Lanka and mobilized support among the political parties in India for the cause of Sri Lanka Tamils.

Dr. Kalaignar resigned from the Tamil Nadu Assembly (in 1983) as a mark of protest. The DMK believes in the dictum "We do what we say, and we say what we do." In spite of its open and clear commitment to an honourable settlement to provide lasting peace for Sri Lanka Tamils, opportunists forced the Central Government led by Mr. Chandrasekar to dismiss the DMK Government in 1991 alleging secret links with LTTE. "Loss of power", as Dr. Kalaignar used to say, "is Just loss of towel on the shoulders", and he forebore the dismissal of his G