Jayanthi joins the chorus against PM's visit to Sri Lanka for CHOGM

November 04, 2013 12:16

The controversy over Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's proposed visit to Sri Lanka for the Commonwealth Heads of State Meeting (CHOGM) refuses to die with Union Minister Jayanthi Natarajan on Monday requesting him to skip the summit over alleged war crimes and atrocities against Tamils in the island nation.

Following Jayanthi's appeal pressure is mounting on the Prime Minister not to attend the meet as another Tamil Nadu leader and Shipping Minister GK Vasan too has asked him not to tour Sri Lanka. In Chennai, Tamil parties and protesters are increasing the pressure on the Prime Minister not to attend the meeting.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said that no decision has been taken yet on the participation of Prime Minister in CHOGM.

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