Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) chief Vaiko met Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh on Friday and told him that Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse's attendance in Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi's oath ceremony would be the saddest day for Tamils.
"I met Rajnath ji today and told him that participation of Mahinda Rajapakse, the butcher of Tamils, will be the saddest day for Tamils all over world in the swearing-in ceremony of Modi and requested him to avoid him presence in it," said Vaiko.
India has invited leaders of all South Asian countries, including Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Rajapakse to Modi's oath-taking ceremony scheduled for May 26.
The swearing-in ceremony, to be held at the forecourt of the historic Rashtrapati Bhavan, is likely to be attended by as many as 3,000 guests, the report added.
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