The Chief Minister owes a great deal of gratitude to the director of a film starring Vikram. Just like the politician who rakes up an issue which has been an issue for a long time to revive his sagging career, Karunanidhi has raked the the issue of Srilankan Tamils to gain political mileage, diverting the entire attention from the raging power crisis in the state. SriLankan Tamils definitely deserve a better livelihood and we should go all the way in helping them achieving it. But these acts of the politicians are only gimmicks to shroud the people's memory making them forget their own misery and their fellow country men. There are thousands of small scale industries such as weavers spread over the entire state for whom power supply is supremely important to sustain their livelihood. Making them devoid of power supply would eventually lead to famine and starvation and the world's perception of India as a poor country with famines all over will never change. One more atrocious act is forcing school children to form human chains as demonstrations to attract publicity. Instead of wasting tons of resources in the name of creating awareness. the money could have been spent on improving the current situation. All these are done not in the genuine interest of Srilankan Tamils but only to divert the attention from the raging power crisis and also to cash in on the situation of Tamils by evoking public sympathy in their favour, by showcasing the agony of Tamils. The only motive and outcome of this whole exercise has been and still is to gain political mileage and divert the attention of people from the 'current' situation.
