Grant citizenship to SL refugees- Sri Ravi Shankar

30 September 2012 05:30 am Views - 5095

Spiritual Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Saturday said the Centre and the State government must take steps grant citizenship to Sri Lankan Tamils living in refugee camps in Tamil Nadu. “

Sri Lankan Tamils living in India as refugees for more than 25-30 years is not something Tamil Nadu can be proud about,” he said.

“We have done that (giving citizenship) to a lot of Bangladeshis... and people from Nepal as well.... When that is the case, why can’t we give it to Tamils from Lanka?” the founder of The Art of Living said.

Asked for his take on the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant, he said, “I go with the opinion of Abdul Kalam.”(iBNLive)