Raising the twin issues of arrest of Tamil Nadu fishermen and the Sri Lankan Tamils' plight at an election rally in this coastal town and calling the UPA Government "anti-Tamils", the AIADMK supremo said the Prime Minister had not responded to her letters seeking steps for release of the fishermen.
While her government had sought for release of fishermen languishing in Lankan jails ahead of second round of talks proposed in Colombo, the island navy had arrested several more with the aim of 'sabotaging' the parleys over fishing rights in Palk Strait, she charged.
However, India had neither condemned this act of Sri Lanka nor was there any effort to secure their release. Also, the Prime Minister did not respond to her letters, she said.
"Amidst this, pictures of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh shaking hands with Sri Lankan President (Mahinda) Rajapakse during the recent BIMSTEC conference in Myanmar has appeared in media. What steps has the Indian Prime Minister taken for the release of the fishermen?" she asked.
On the vexed Sri Lankan tamils issue, she said the US and UK had had proposed a resolution in the UNHRC against Sri Lanka for alleged rights violations. India which she said had a "moral responsibility" to move a separate resolution had not come forward to endorse the one proposed by them.