Observing that the Centre had been indulging in activities hurting the sentiments of the people of Tamil Nadu very often, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Sunday took on the Union government again for allowing Sri Lankan football players to take part in ‘friendly matches’ held in Chennai.
Strongly condemning the Centre’s decision, the Chief Minister placed the Stadium Officer of the Nehru Indoor Stadium (NIS) under suspension for permitting the Lankan team to play there on August 31.
The CM also directed the State authorities to send home the Lankan football team that played at NIS and another team that had arrived here to play with a private school, immediately.
Besides, she ordered that no matches should be played for Sri Lankan players in Tamil Nadu.
In a strongly-worded statement here, the Chief Minister said by allowing the Lankan players to play in the stadium, the Stadium Officer had trivialised the sentiments of the people of Tamil Nadu.
As such, she had directed the Chief Secretary of the State to suspend the official and take departmental action against him.
The Chief Minister said she had come to know that the Royal College of Colombo had requested an official of the Reserve Bank of India in Chennai to make arrangements for Lankan football players to take part in the friendly matches to be held in the city and following this, a Lankan team arrived here on August 30 and played with the Chennai Customs team at the Nehru Indoor Stadium on August 31.
On knowing this, she had ordered a thorough inquiry into the matter.
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