Tamil march to Delhi gaining momentum

A major meeting will be held in London to show solidarity for the 2,500 kilometres march from Chennai to Delhi by the Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front (ENDLF). The meeting will be held at Harrow Leisure Centre, Christchurch Centre, Harrow, Middlesex on 13 (Sunday) March 2010 from 3.00pm. Speakers from the cross section of the political divide of the Tamils will address the meeting. According the leaflets widely circulated Dr Nicholaspillai, I T Sampanthan, Dr Vasanthakumar, Sivapalan, Cllr Paul Sathyanesan, Ravi Sundaralingam, Miss Vasanthi Subramaniam, C Sooriyakumar, Mrs Jenanny, V Sivalingam, E K Rajagopal, P Sivasubramaniam, Nallathamby Jeyapalan, Ira Jayadevan, Mahalingam Sivam, S Yogarajah, Skanthadeva, S Aravinthan, Ranjan Navarajah, Navaratnam Paramakumar, Ira Manoharan, Amuthan Rajakariar, T Sothilingam, Dr Bala, S P Yogaratnam, Dr Ratneswaran and V Ramaraj will be addressing the meeting.

The Chennai to Delhi marchers are expected to reach Delhi on 24 March 2011. Hundreds of marchers will be submitting their memorandum in Delhi demanding to:

· fully implement Indo-Lanka Accord.

· Remove all planned Sinhala colonisations in the north and east of Sri Lanka.

According to information, the marchers are expected to meet the political leaders at the end of their walk in Delhi.

Over one hundred activists of the ENDLF are said to be marching through seven states to reach Delhi on the 24 March.

The march has so far progressed peacefully with overwhelming support from the local people on the route. Except for an accident resulting in the death of a marching cadre, the determined cadres have walked 55 days so far along the 2,500 kilometres stretch of the route.

According to the latest press release on the march, the marchers have reached the place called Lalithpur where they received a rousing welcome from the people. They were met by the media and TV reporters to report on their daunting task to walk to Delhi averaging about 40 kilometres per day. One elderly lady on seeing the pictorial presentation of the atrocities committed against the Tamils in Sri Lanka started sob and said ‘for all these sins God will one day provide justice you all’.

V.Ramaraj

Thamil broadcasting corporation-London