Don't make historical blunder by backing LTTE, Sangaree tells Tamil
Nadu parties
Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) leader V. Anandasangaree
yesterday pointed out that Tamil Nadu should not make a historical
blunder by supporting the LTTE.
"The support by Tamil Nadu and its leaders to solve the ethnic
problem is counter productive and will not in any way lead to finding a
reasonable solution. "Hence I make a strong plea that all concerned
parties in Tamil Nadu should forget their differences and work unitedly
towards finding a reasonable solution within a united Sri Lanka," he
said.
"All political parties and individuals in Tamil Nadu should not only
forget about a separate state of Tamil Eelam but also stop giving
encouragement to separation.
"The International Community is totally opposed to separation and
India in particular had repeatedly said that it is committed to the
unity, sovereignty and territorial Integrity of Sri Lanka.
Continuing to fight for separation will mean wastage of time, loss of
life and destruction of property. Every Indian should be convinced of
this fact," he said in a release.
LTTE political wing head S.P. Thamilchelvan was not assassinated like
Mahathma Gandhi or Martin Luther King, for Tamil Nadu to react hotly,
Anandasangaree said. One should not fail to realise that the LTTE is at
war with the Sri Lankan Government and Thamilchelvan died in action.
Both sides had been going all out to score over the other.
Even recently, the LTTE made several attempts to assassinate
important personalities, only to glorify themselves.
They targeted Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa who narrowly
escaped death but several security persons and the suicide bomber died
on the spot.
A similar attempt was made to kill Army Commander Lieutenant General
Sarath Fonseka who was very seriously injured and recovered after a long
stay in the hospital but many security officers and the suicide bomber
died on the spot, he said.
The two suicide bombers were Tamils forcibly separated from their
parents, brain washed thoroughly and sacrificed by the LTTE.
Is Thamilchelvan not responsible for the killing of these two suicide
bombers is a question everyone should ask. How can anyone blame the Army
for targeting Thamilchelvan?, Anandasangaree asked. In fact
Thamilchelvan should have been charged for the murder of the suicide
bombers, at least for aiding and abetting.
Holding demonstrations and public meetings protesting against the
death of a person, second in command of an organisation once respected
by a section of the Tamil people as freedom fighters but later lost
their credibility due to their atrocious activities, has no meaning.
Further more it is not a matter for the International Community to
bother about, when Sri Lankan Tamils themselves did not bother much
about it. Lack of proper understanding of the ground situation and the
LTTE's false propaganda had created so much of excitement and
exaggerated sympathy in Tamil Nadu for a person who should have been
properly dealt with by the court of law for aiding and abetting suicides
of innocent and brain washed persons who have lost their thinking
capacity.
This type of protests and demonstrations for an unjustifiable cause
will only give encouragement to the LTTE to prolong the war that can
never be won, he said.
Much had been said by various people from all parts of the world
condemning Thamilchelvan's killing. Some said that the peace process had
come to an end. Some others said that the "Peace Dove" had been slain.
The unfortunate situation is that even those living just 20 miles
across the Palk-Strait do not know the real ground situation. For
reasons not known a large section of the Tamil media all over the world
do not publish news about the real situation prevailing in Tamil areas
under the control of the LTTE.
The only option the Indians have to know of the prevailing situation
is for an all party team to visit the North and the East including areas
under the control of the LTTE, Anandasangaree said.
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