By IANS,
Chennai:Ten MPs belonging to India’s ruling alliance will visit Sri Lanka for five days from Saturday to see the condition in camps where thousands of Tamils displaced by the war are housed.
Nearly 300,000 men, women and children are housed in the fortified camps set up in the island’s north after the military crushed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in May.
The delegation will be headed by DMK’s T.R. Baalu, a former central minister. It will include DMK MPs Kanimozhi, daughter of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, T.K.S. Elangovan, Helen Davidson and A.K.S. Vijayan.
Senior leader N.S.V. Chittan, Sudharasana Natchiappan, J.M. Haroon and K.S. Azhagiri will represent the Congress while Thol Thirumavalavan of the smaller VCK party will be the other members.
The delegation will also meet Sri Lankan and Tamil leaders.