Modi assures he will “wipe the tears of Sri Lankan Tamils”

07 May, 2016

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured that his Government will “wipe the tears of Sri Lankan Tamils”.

Modi said this while addressing election rallies in Chennai and Hosur town in Tamil Nadu ahead of the Assembly polls.

Modi said he was the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Jaffna and added that his Government would wipe the tears of Sri Lankan Tamils, The Tribune newspaper reported.

He also said that?30,000 of the 50,000 houses to be built with Indian assistance in Sri Lanka had been handed over to the Tamils. (Colombo Gazette)

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