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Sri Lanka heads for collision course with India

Sri Lanka has told India it will not concede key land and police powers to provincial councils under a New Delhi-initiated political plan aimed at resolving the long-drawn Tamil issue, a media report said on Sunday, warning that it could bring the two sides on "a collision course."

President Mahinda Rajapaksa told a visiting top Indian delegation on Saturday that the key police powers and control over land cannot be given to provincial councils established under the 13th amendment that deals with devolution of powers.

"The government's tough stance in not giving land and police powers to provincial councils is expected to pitch Colombo and New Delhi on a collision course diplomatically," the Sunday Times newspaper said.

There was no immediate comment from the government which did not issue any statement after Rajapaksa held a breakfast meeting with National Security Adviser Shivshanker Menon, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar.

The troika was also accompanied by India's High Commissioner in Colombo, Ashok Kanth.

Menon told Colombo-based Indian reporters just before the top Indian officials left here that Sri Lanka would build on the 13th amendment which was a result of the 1987 Indo-Sri Lanka peace accord.

The Sunday Times said it learnt about strong opposition from constituent partners of Rajapaksa's United People's Freedom Alliance to granting more powers to the provincial councils which largely remain ineffective.

"President Rajapaksa is learnt to have told the Indian delegation that his government would concede many other subjects that are incorporated in the Concurrent List (subjects that both the centre and the councils can do) that accompanies the 13th Amendment to the Constitution."

He also told the Indian delegation that his government will withdraw Emergency Regulations with regard to terrorist activities in the North and East since there was no more war in the two regions, the Times said.

Menon told reporters on Saturday that Sri Lanka has already pledged to improve on the Constitutional amendment and hoped they would implement it. "The quicker the Sri Lankan government can come to a political arrangement (with the minority Tamils) the better," he said, adding that an arrangement that is acceptable to all is the objective.

India appeared to have toughened its stand on Sri Lanka last month by asking publicly for the first time in decades to investigate alleged human rights abuses and end emergency rule.

Lanka heads for collision course with India: Report - Indian Express
 
all land and police powers in india are under state govt and things well managed and run ....not only in india , in every democartic country land and police powers are under provincial councils/state govt
 
all land and police powers in india are under state govt and things well managed and run ....not only in india , in every democartic country land and police powers are under provincial councils/state govt

I don't like this concept, specific group getting land and police powers in that area then this can violate rights of another person who live in different area.
 
India is not interfering in Sri Lanka - Menon

Visiting Indian National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon said that it is up to the Sri Lankan government to find a political solution which it is comfortable with and India is not interfering in the matter.

Mr. Menon stated that India would refrain from interfering in the matter which was “up to the Sri Lankan Government”. The Indian delegation in the country has expressed that although they hope for a speedy political solution for the Tamil Parties in Sri Lanka, the solution has to be one which the Sri Lankan Government is comfortable with.


India is not interfering -Menon | Top Story
 
Sri Lanka heads for collision course with India

Sri Lanka has told India it will not concede key land and police powers to provincial councils under a New Delhi-initiated political plan aimed at resolving the long-drawn Tamil issue, a media report said on Sunday, warning that it could bring the two sides on "a collision course."

Lanka heads for collision course with India: Report - Indian Express

what right bharat aka India has to force such kind of plan on Sri Lanka??
 
New Delhi Suddenly went smooth after our president directly told them, only limited powers will be shared……

Interesting development…..
 
I think SL has a golden opportunity to win back Tamils. After the defeat of LTTE the militant struggle must be last on the Tamil's mind. Also, the international environment is not conducive for the 'Freedom Fighters' way for India to help SL Tamils anymore.
Affirmative Actions. Giving political representation. Co-opting any potential dissidents. Rehabilitation and Compensation. Combination of these should settle the Sinhalese-Tamil problem once and for all.
 
Indian delegation comprising National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar met Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

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