The Janatha Party leader has pointed out that India's support for the resolution at the UNHRC will make India vulnerable to similar resolutions in the future over Kashmir or Manipur for which according to Swamy extremist forces are already active in seeking to discredit the Indian government. Swamy has suggested that instead of joining the human rights groups and Western nations, India should urge Sri Lanka to devolve power and meet the legitimate aspirations of Tamils in the country. "Indian Government (should) not succumb to the machinations of human rights groups in the UN Human Rights Commission's meeting tomorrow in Geneva by supporting an ill-advised resolution condemning Sri Lanka for alleged human rights excesses in its war against the LTTE terrorists," Swamy has said in a statement according to the PTI. The Janatha Party leader has pointed out that the resolution completely failed to mention the LTTE atrocities against the civilians. "The resolution is one sided and appears to have deliberately suppressed the horrendous human rights excesses committed by the LTTE over the last 20 years," PTI quoted the Janata Party chief said. Swamy has suggested the Indian Government with the help of US and China to urge Sri Lanka to decentralize power to meet the legitimate aspirations of Tamils. "India may seek to bring a compromise resolution after consultation with the US and China to urge the Sri Lankan President Rajapakse to devolve power by constitutional amendment to meet the legitimate aspirations of the Tamil citizens of Sri Lanka," Swamy has said. Meanwhile, the Tamil political parties in Tamil Nadu including Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa's AIADMK and former Chief Minster M. Karunanidhi's DMK have urged the center government to support the resolution that may pave the way for an international investigation on alleged war crimes committed by Sri Lankan security forces during the final stages of war with the LTTE.
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