CHENNAI: Stating that the apparent inaction of the Centre on the continued attacks on fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy has caused a feeling of insecurity among Tamil Nadu fishermen, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take urgent action to stop attacks on them.“I strongly feel that...India should assert itself with the Lankan government to control the rogue elements in their Navy who continue to indulge in acts of physical assault on our innocent fishermen who, for several generations, are engaged in fishing solely for their livelihood in the Palk Bay area,” Jayalalithaa said in a strongly-worded letter to Singh.Expressing a deep sense of agony over the recurring attacks on Tamil Nadu fishermen, she said, “Despite my letters to you and despite your taking up the issue with the Government of Sri Lanka and their...assurances in this regard, the attacks...continue unabated and the situation is worsening day-by-day.”Referring to her earlier letters to the PM on June 7 and 21, October 10 and November 7 in which she had high lighted apprehension as well as attacks on and harassment of the fishermen of Tamil Nadu by the Lankan Navy, which had caused great unrest among the people, the CM requested Singh to treat the attacks as attacks on India.
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