Days after the DMK pulled out of the Centre and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa barred Sri Lankan cricketers from playing in Chennai, the Centre has taken a tough stand on politics over Sri Lankan Tamils.

Speaking during an interview with a TV channel, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid rejected the Tamil Nadu Assembly resolution against Colombo.The resolution sought a separate Eelam for Sri Lankan Tamils and said Sri Lanka should not be treated as a friendly country by India.

Mr. Khurshid said while the government is sensitive to Tamil concerns, it won't accept such demands. He said, these feelings are not entirely out of sync with what many people in the world think. At the same time, Mr. Khurshid said that the negotiation we have done with Sri Lanka, the dialogue we have with Sri Lanka and the effort we have made with Sri Lanka, is equally important.

Meanwhile, DMK President M Karunanidhi today ruled out even outside support to the ruling coalition at the Centre on the ground that it failed to accept his party's demands on Sri Lankan Tamils issue.