Replying to a question about Sri Lankan High Commissioner Prasad Kariyawasam Kariyawasam’s reported comments that Sinhalese have their origins in most of the northern states of India, Union Minister of State in Prime Ministers Office V Narayanasamy today said Sri Lankan envoy Kariyavaasam “has exceeded his limits” who was trying to instigate north Indians against the people of Tamil Nadu in his anti-Tamil racists plot.

“He (Kariyawasam) has exceeded his limits. He should confine himself to diplomatic work,” he told reporters in Chennai.

The question about Kariyawasam’s comments drew protests from MDMK leader Vaiko who contended it was an attempt to instigate the north Indians against Tamils in the country.

Vaiko had in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sought criminal prosecution of the Sri Lankan envoy on the charge of ‘sedition’.