The CM has suspended the stadium official who authorized the teams to play the soccer match alleging him of insulting Tamils. She has also ordered the officials to send back the two Sri Lankan school soccer teams which were undergoing training in Chennai, Indian media reported. The Chief Minister has issued the order after she learnt that one of the teams, Royal College of Colombo played a match against the Chennai Customs team at the Nehru Stadium in Chennai on Friday. The other team, Hilborn International School from Ratnapura was scheduled to play with students from the Velammal International School in Chennai. In a statement released in Tamil today Jayalalithaa has instructed that no competitions were to be held for the Sri Lankan teams and that they were to be sent back. Her latest action follows her angry demand to the central government to send back the Sri Lankan defence personnel receiving training in India. In a letter to the Indian Prime Minister last week, the CM blasted the government's decision to continue providing training to the Sri Lankan officers. "This betrays the total insensitivity on the part of the Government of India towards the views of my Government as well as the sentiments of the people of Tamil Nadu," Jayalalithaa wrote. She reiterated her demand that the Government of India should give up such a "condemnable attitude and show more consideration and regard for the sentiments of the people of Tamil Nadu by sending the Defence personnel back to Sri Lanka immediately."
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