Overview
- M. K. Stalin wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 11 requesting high-level engagement over Sri Lanka’s constitutional overhaul.
- He argues President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s government is fast-tracking a charter that would entrench a unitary "Ekkiyarajya" model and sideline Tamil political autonomy.
- The letter asks India to push for federal devolution of powers to provinces, safeguards for ethnic minorities, and adherence to pluralism and equality.
- Stalin invokes the Thimphu principles, calling for recognition of Tamil nationality, acknowledgment of the North and East as a traditional homeland, self-determination, and full citizenship for Hill Country Tamils.
- He warns that excluding these elements risks renewed instability and humanitarian crises and could strain India–Sri Lanka relations.