Rivals AIADMK and DMK on Monday were on the same page in the Rajya Sabha as they demanded that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should not attend Commonwealth Summit in Sri lanka in November.
Raising the issue during Zero Hour, AIADMK leader V Maitreyan said his party chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa also wrote two letters to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in this regard but no reply was given by the PMO.
Maitreyan insisted India should boycott the summit.Associating with the issue, DMK leader Kanimozhi said her party has time and again insisted that the PM should not attend the meeting in Sri lanka. “At least, India should not attend the meeting,” she said. Kanimozhi also raised the issue of Tamilian fishermen and human rights violation.