Karunanidhi seeks explanation from KP

Referring to the remarks of former LTTE leader Kumaran Pathmanathan on the role some politicians from Tamil Nadu in the efforts to arrive at a ceasefire in Sri Lanka’s war against the LTTE, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said Pathmanathan has to explain the facts relating to the war.

Karunanidhi pointed out that KP had contended that MDMK leader Vaiko had stood in the way of a ceasefire.

Quoting KP, he also said that Vaiko influenced a change in the decision of the LTTE leadership to enter into a ceasefire because if a peace process began, then the DMK and Congress would get credit for such a development.

Also, CPI (M) MLA K. Mahendran had contested the part in which KP had stated that it was Mahendran who conveyed to Vaiko that the LTTE wanted to enter into a dialogue with the Sri Lankan government. It was up to KP to clarify this, he said, the Hindu reports.