CM Vijay expresses solidarity with world Tamil diaspora on Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay on Monday expressed solidarity with the worldwide Tamil diaspora on the event of Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day, pledging his administration’s continued assist for his or her rights.In a social media put up on ‘X’, the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief wrote: “Allow us to maintain the recollections of Mullivaikkal in our hearts. We are going to all the time stand by the rights of our Tamil kindred dwelling throughout the seas.”Could 18 is noticed yearly by Sri Lankan Tamils worldwide as Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day. On Could 18, 2009, the practically three-decade-long Sri Lankan Civil Struggle got here to a bloody conclusion in Mullivaikkal, a small coastal village in Mullaitivu district, following the dying of LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran.In response to United Nations estimates, between 40,000 and 70,000 Tamil civilians misplaced their lives within the closing phases, reworking Mullivaikkal right into a common image of wartime atrocities and civilian struggling.
