What Tamil politicians say . . .

ANANTH PALAKIDNAR

Former Vanni Parliamentarian and the PLOTE leader Darmalingam Sidharthan has urged the LTTE not to fool the Tamils any more and surrender to establish peace in the North and East, and country at large.

The PLOTE leader commenting on the fall of Killinochchi to the Security Forces stated that with the defeat in Killinochchi the 'Tigers' have now become 'lame ducks'.

"The outfit was first routed out from the Jaffna Peninsula in the mid nineties and later they were kicked out from the East in 2007. Now at the beginning of 2009 the LTTE has lost its last bastion Killinochchi.

Therefore the outfit cannot remain steadily and continue with its struggle any more. Killinochchi has now turned into the 'Waterloo' of the LTTE," Sidharthan said.

He also added that certain political forces opposed to the Government were unable to digest the victory gained by the Security Forces in Killinochchi.

They are saying that the retreating LTTE would adopt guerilla tactics from the jungles to attack the Security Forces. But it was impossible and they won't be able to gather mass support for them from the North and East."

I expect soon rivalries within the outfit and their end will be suicidal," Sidharthan said.

Minister of Social Services and the EPDP leader Douglas Devananda commenting on the fall of Killinochchi said that with the collapse of the peace talks in 2005, LTTE drove the final nail to its coffin."

Now the outfit has dug its own grave with the defeat in Killinochchi. Prabhakaran and his misguided followers have no place to hide themselves. Instead of facing total annihilation, the members of the LTTE should give up their arms and enter the political mainstream.