MDMK leader Vaiko today urged the Central Government of India not to go ahead with the proposal for sending back Sri Lankan Tamil refugees to their country, Indian media said.

Vaiko’s MDMK party claimed that the move is aimed at preventing action against the island nation government in the UN Human Rights Council.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam last week urged the Centre to defer the inter-ministerial meeting to discuss repatriation of Lankan Tamil refugees as conditions in Sri Lanka's northeast were not conducive for them to return.

"Reports of new Sri Lankan President's visit to India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit Sri Lanka in March are only to create a situation favorable to the Sri Lankan government in the Human Rights Council," a statement by MDMK also said.