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TULF appeal to Tamil Nadu leaders

COLOMBO: Taking exception to protest demonstrations on the death of LTTE Political Wing leader S.P. Thamilchelvan in an air raid on November 2, president of the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) V. Anandasangaree appealed to leaders and people of Tamil Nadu to put pressure on the LTTE to end the war and go to the negotiating table.

Mr. Anandasangaree said the sympathy in some quarters was due to lack of understanding of “ground realities” in Sri Lanka.

“I strongly urge the leaders and the people of Tamil Nadu to take into serious consideration the several matters brought out in this urgent appeal and to demonstrate against Mr. Prabakaran demanding him to cry halt to his meaningless war and to come to terms with the Government of Sri Lanka, giving up his demand for separation and to agree for a Federal Solution or as an alternative to agree for an Indian Model for which very wide support among the Sri Lankans can be obtained. Let Tamil Nadu not make a historical blunder by supporting the LTTE.”

The TULF leader said Thamilchelvan was not a Mahatma Gandhi or Martin Luther King for Tamil Nadu to react hotly. He said it was the LTTE’s war with the Sri Lankan Government which led to the death. The TULF leader said 10 days before the killing of Thamilchelvan, his leader Mr. Prabakaran had posed for photographs with the 21 suicide bombers who attacked the Anuradhapura air base on October 22 and Thamilchelvan cannot escape responsibility for the incident.

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