Archive · 26 Dec 2025
PMK President Urges Modi to Restrain Sri Lanka's Unitary State Push
The leader of a political party in India, Anbumani Ramadoss, wrote a letter to India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.
He asked Modi to tell the Sri Lankan government not to change their constitution to a unitary state.
Anbumani is worried that this change would take away the rights and self-governance of the Tamil people in Sri Lanka.
He explained that the Tamils have faced discrimination for a long time and that giving them autonomy is important for peace.
He suggested that Sri Lanka should instead create a federal system that allows Tamils to have self-rule.
PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss appealed to PM Modi to restrain Sri Lanka from imposing a unitary state.
The Sri Lankan government, led by Anura Kumara Dissanayake, is attempting to change the constitution to a unitary state.
Anbumani's letter highlights the systematic denial of political power and self-governance to Tamils in Sri Lanka.
The letter emphasizes that the root cause of Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict is the marginalization of Tamils.
Anbumani requested PM Modi to advise Colombo to undertake constitutional reforms for a federal system with self-rule for Tamils.
- Who
- PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss and Sri Lankan PM Anura Kumara Dissanayake
- What
- Anbumani's appeal to PM Modi to restrain Sri Lanka from imposing a unitary state
- When
- Friday (specific date not mentioned)
- Where
- India and Sri Lanka
- Why
- To prevent deprivation of autonomy and self-governance for Tamils in Sri Lanka
- PMK President
- Anbumani Ramadoss
- PMK
- Pattali Makkal Katchi
- Sri Lankan PM
- Anura Kumara Dissanayake
- Indian PM
- Narendra Modi
- Key Issue
- Sri Lanka's attempt to establish a unitary state
- Tamil Concern
- Loss of autonomy and self-governance
- Historical Context
- Discrimination since 1948, Sinhala Only Act in 1956
- Proposed Solution
- Federal system with self-rule for Tamils