INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Amendment, which provides for the devolution of power to the minority community, PTI reported quoting sources.The group led by the veteran
intervention in the current Sri Lankan political context for the meaningful devolution of power, the source said.They also highlighted the
issue of the Tamil political prisoners and the Tamil land grabbing by the state.India has been pressing Sri Lanka to implement the 13th
Amendment brought in after the Indo-Sri Lankan agreement of 1987
direct intervention of the then-Indian government led by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi as part of the Indo-Lanka Accord.The current Tamil
political parties are sceptical of the political will of the majority Sinhala to fully implement the 13A, the PTI report said.Meanwhile, the
Indian High Commission in Colombo reports that the new Indian High Commissioner had met with Tamil leaders of Northern and Eastern
