The government on Wednesday virtually turned own demands of two Tamil parties, including United Progressive Alliance constituent Patali Makkal Katchi, for India's intervention to stop military offensive in Sri Lanka, saying it cannot force a sovereign government of another country to take a particular line.
The assertion by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee came after PMK and Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam members expressed unhappiness over his statement in Lok Sabha on the situation in Sri Lanka and demanded its withdrawal.
Mukherjee expressed readiness to make "corrections" in his statement if there were any "discrepancies".
"... Government of India has no instrumentality under which it can force a sovereign government to take a particular
action. This is not simply possible," Mukherjee said.
Mukherjee's remark came after members of UPA partner PMK and the MDMK stormed the well of the House demanding stoppage of the war in Sri Lanka and also objected to Mukherjee's statement on the issue and wanted its withdrawal.
Mukherjee's said there was no two opinion in the House and the government on condemning the killing of innocent Tamils in