New Delhi: Tamil Tigers on May 11 urged Indian “spiritual guru” Ravi Shankar of Bangalore to facilitate a ceasefire in the island nation. The appeal was made in a telephonic talk between Ravi Shankar and B. Nadesan, chief of the political wing of the Liberation Tigers.
LTTE was “ready for peace and asks Ravi Shankar to facilitate a ceasefire”. The LTTE plea came as the Lankan military said it had confined the LTTE to an area less than five square kilometers on the coast of Mullaitivu district
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/South-Asia/LTTE-asks-Ravi-Shankar-to-facilitate-ceasefire-/articleshow/4483882.cms
Hoping for BJP victory
It will be unwise to write off the LTTE. Its best bet for reincarnation is the growing Sinhalese triumphalism which is likely to obstruct a political solution any time soon. The LTTEs global lobby is now in the hands of the Snow Tigers chief Tharmalingam Shanmugham, aka Kumaran Pathmarathan (KP), the arms-procurement czar who has been given additional charge of fundraising, rebuilding the shipping fleet and propaganda.
For a ceasefire and their rejuvenation the Tigers are hoping for a BJP victory in India says Maj. Gen. Ashok Kumar Mehta (Retd) who served with the IPKF in Sri Lanka.
Source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com/dc-comment/prabhakaran,-support-tn-key-Itte%E 2%80%99s-revival-944
Brahmin mischief: Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu unit of BJP, the principal opposition party in India, has given clear indications of the necessity for lifting the ban on the LTTE
Vaithiyalingam, a senior BJP leader, proposed this idea. In an interview to a Tamil biweekly, he said that although his party did not believe in violent measures.. it was unfair to impose the ideas of a Gandhi an struggle on the people of Tamil Eelam.
“The British did not disregard any pact they signed with us, the Indians, during the course of our freedom struggle. But, the Sinhalese government has torn apart and rubbished three major peace pacts relating to the Eelam Tamils. In such a situation, how can anyone believe that holding talks with such a government will lead to a solution?” he asked, drawing parallels from history.
Speaking about the attitude of Congress leaders in Tamil Nadu, he said that “Ilangovan, Thangabalu and Gnanasekaran’s demand that those who speak in support of Tamil homeland and the LTTE should be arrested under the National Security Act is an effort to Rab people of their freedom of expression.” He called upon the Congress leaders to reconsider their point of view with respect to the Tamil Tigers.
DV May 16, 2009 p.9: “Papans divide & destroy LTTE struggle”.
Tamil papans have been the principal force behind the war against the Lankan Tamils. Today they are the very people praising the Tamil Tigers. They played this double game and confused the Tamil non-Brahmins- EDITOR
