It is an established fact that Tamil Nadu plays a pivotal role as a key coalition partner in any political formation in Delhi. Consequently, the parochial interests of Tamil Nadu have become the determining factor in Delhi's policy towards Sri Lanka.
Neville Ladduwahetty, Dictates from India, Lanka Web, June 6, 2007.
Upon landing in India, refugees are questioned by police to establish their identities. They try to find out whether they have any links with the Tamil Tigers, which is a banned organisation in India. Some young men have accused the police of using a high-handed approach during their investigations.
Swaminathan Natarajan , War-weary Tamils face India hardship, BBC News, June 4, 2007.
"It is believed that the LTTE terrorist outfit has infiltrated the Tamil Nadu refugee camps in the guise of displaced and asylum seekers and has been recruiting fighters, including children, from among refugees.", says the Sri Lanka's Defense Ministry
Paul Tighe and Anusha Ondaatjie, Tamil Tiger Rebels Recruit Fighters in Indian Refugee Camps, Bloomberg, May 28, 2007. Koodankulam concentrates all the problems associated with nuclear power in a magnified form. It will generate large amounts of highly radioactive spent fuel. The EIA doesn't mention this. Like all reactor types — and Koodankulam, like Chernobyl, is a Russian design — KNPS can undergo a core meltdown, with devastating consequences for Tamil Nadu, Kerala, even Sri Lanka.
Praful Bidwai, Koodankulam trap, Khaleej Times, June 10, 2007.
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