Overview
- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 11 seeking high-level diplomatic intervention on Sri Lanka’s constitutional overhaul, and the Centre has not announced a response.
- Stalin says President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s government is accelerating a draft that reinforces a unitary Ekkiyarajya model and would further marginalise Tamils.
- He urges New Delhi to press for federal arrangements that devolve powers to provinces and protect ethnic minority rights consistent with pluralism and equality.
- Invoking the Thimphu principles, he calls for recognition of Tamils as a distinct nation, acknowledgment of the Northern and Eastern Provinces as their traditional homeland, affirmation of self-determination, and full citizenship for Hill Country Tamils.
- He warns that excluding these elements risks renewed conflict and humanitarian crises and could strain India–Sri Lanka relations, noting deep concern in Tamil Nadu.