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Students of JNU voice for Tamil Eelam

The Democratic Students' Union (DSU), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, in a statement on Sunday demanded unconditional declaration of ceasefire from the Sri Lanka government and a stop to the genocide of Tamils. Based on Marxist-Leninist principles of self-determination, it called for support to the Eezham Tamil independence.

DSU is an independent students' organisation active in JNU and Delhi University in the state of Delhi. It is a constituent of the All India Revolutionary Students' Federation (AIRSF), and works towards attaining the ideals of the New Democratic Revolution (dsujnu.blogsp0t.com).

Full text of the statement follows:

Public Meeting: Sri Lanka's Genocidal War on Eelam Tamils and the Question of Nation's Self-Determination

Self-determination of nations in the Marxist programme cannot, from a historico-economic point of view, have any other meaning than political self-determination, state independence, and the formation of a national state. - Lenin

Genocidal war on Eelam Tamils by the fascist Sri Lankan state: For the last two weeks, the Sri Lankan armed forces have been engaged in an aggressive war with the people of Tamil Eelam, aimed not only at the combatants but the entire civilian population. As a result, Thousands of Tamils have been killed, wounded and have been forcefully displaced. It is not a war between the Sri Lankan army and the LTTE as the mainstream media tries to portray, but is an attempt by the Sri Lankan state to wipe out the entire Tamil population from the island, in the cover of eliminating the LTTE.

CHENNAI: Hundreds of IT professionals in the city on Monday wore white T-shirts with slogans printed on them to mark the launch of a series of non-violent campaigns to protest against the killing of Tamils in Sri Lanka.

The T-shirts were printed in Tamil with strong social expressions such as, Stop war, and Guns are heartless.

Most of the participants were employees of Tata Consultancy Services, Cognizant, Infosys, HCL, Ramco Systems and Wipro.



We will wear the T-shirts wherever we go and spread the message of peace, said T.Senthilkumar, one of the participants.

Actors Suriya and Karthi participated in the campaign wearing the T-shirts.

We will also organise a campaign for propagating the message of peace in Sri Lanka. We will mobilise public opinion through emails, said one of the organisers.

Chennai mottan gone to wear a diaper....:-)