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such things happen can never prosper. He
added that the atrocities being inflicted
on people would haunt the country forever.
He pointed out that the war situation in
Sri Lanka had been prevailing for over 35
years now. If military mite was the answer
to the problem, then the solution should
have been reached long back. What these
35 years has shown is that the people who
are struggling are not going to give up
and that there was something seriously wrong
with the way military force was being used
in Sri Lanka. He added that the protest
was aimed at making the world aware of what
really was happening and that the big nations
of the world had a responsibility to ensure
that such things do not happen.
Earlier, Kamal had said that problems were
bound to occur when contentious issues were
touched upon and that is what happened in
the case of Ameer and Seeman. However, the
right side prevailed when both of them walked
free to a great welcome. He also said that
seeing this as just an Indo-Sri Lanka issue
was not enough. There should be no place
in the world where innocent people have
to struggle for existence.
As expected, the evening had a bit of a
political flavor when Vijayakanth and Sarath
Kumar took stage. Vijayakanth later spoke
to reporters off the dais and said that
the TN government was raising this issue
at this time in order to cover up for its
other inadequacies. Viduthalai Siruthaikal
leader Thol Thirumavalavan was another prominent
speaker at the event.
The fast came to an end at 4 P.M. after
veteran actor S.S. Rajendran handed fruit
juice to the participants. The members made
a collective donation of Rs. 45 lakhs towards
the welfare of the Lankan Tamils. Later,
Ajith met the Chief Minister and donated
Rs. 5 lakhs towards the relief of the Tamils.
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