The latest video has been released at a time when there is much political and diplomatic pressure on Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to stay away from the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting scheduled to be held in Colombo later this month.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday admitted; "I am aware that some ministers were opposed to Prime Minister's participating in CHOGM. We are aware of that."
He did not identify the ministers but his comments came against the backdrop of Congress leader and Union Shipping Minister G.K. Vasan urging the Prime Minister on Thursday that India should boycott the CHOGM keeping in mind the sentiments of Tamil Nadu parties.
Vasan said he met the Prime Minister to apprise him of the view of the people in Tamil Nadu and the unanimous resolution adopted by the state assembly demanding that India 'completely' boycott CHOGM in Sri Lanka next month.
"The Prime Minister informed that he would act keeping the sentiments of people of Tamil Nadu in mind over Sri Lanka. He had assured to take a good decision," he stated.
