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India to vote against Lanka: PM

By The Assam Tribune

New Delhi, March 19 (IANS): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said the government was "intending" to vote in favour of the US-backed resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Commission (UNHRC).

"We are intending to vote in the favour of the resolution at UNHRC," the prime minister told the Lok Sabha. "We share the concerns of the Members of the Parliament."

The Indian government is under domestic pressure to vote against Sri Lanka for the "war crimes" committed against the Tamils during the end of the civil war.

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