The ruling AIADMK Tuesday assured that it would demand that the centre press upon Sri Lanka to take steps for devolution of administrative powers to Tamil speaking areas in the island nation.
The party, in its election manifesto for the April 18 Lok Sabha polls, said the 'decimation' of lakhs of Tamils in the final stages of the civil war, particularly in Mullivaikal, "remains a burden in the conscience of Tamils all over the world."
On the retrieval of Katchatheevu islet, AIADMK said it was legally possible in accordance with a Supreme Court judgement of 1960 after an appropriate constitutional amendment with the approval of Parliament
Jayalalithaa had earlier filed a case in the Supreme Court on its retrieval while in the Opposition in 2008