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    Detailed perspectives on developments in South Asia​​

    201 : The Expanding Shadow of States over Centre in India

    S Narayan, Head of Research and Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the ISAS

    5 April 2013

    Recent developments in Tamil Nadu politics over the Sri Lankan Tamil issue have highlighted the pressures that regional issues can bring to bear on national politics. There have been agitations in colleges and universities against the alleged human rights violations by the Sri Lankan Army towards the end of the operations against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in 2009. There are posters in Chennai and in other towns in Tamil Nadu, alleging that Prabakaran's son was shot down in cold blood, and demanding a commission of inquiry.