'Allow Lankan VIPs only after consulting state'

March 07, 2012 13:42

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has asked the Centre to "discourage" frequent visits of Sri Lankan VIPs to the state as the people were "greatly exercised" over the government's conduct on the issue of ethnic Tamils.

In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Jayalalithaa said that Sri Lankan VIPs should be allowed to the state only after consulting the state government.

Noting that Sri Lankan VIPs and other dignitaries come on private visits without informing the state government, she wanted such trips to be allowed only after consulting the state.

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