Vaiko denies KP’s charges
August 25, 2010 06:57 am
Indian MDMK general secretary Vaiko has denied that he stood in the way of a ceasefire between the LTTE and the Sri Lankan forces, as claimed by former LTTE leader Kumaran Pathmanathan.
Accusing KP of betraying the cause of Tamil Eelam, Vaiko said KP had joined the long list of those who had acted against the cause.
‘Blatant lie’
Vaiko described KP’s charge that he stood in the way of a ceasefire as a “blatant lie” and added that no one would have been happier over such a development than he and Tamil Nationalist Movement leader P. Nedumaran. He revealed that he and Nedumaran had desperately wanted a ceasefire “somehow.”
The MDMK leader said that he had never advised slain LTTE leader Prabakaran
on the course to be adopted in
Discrepancies
Vaiko said that there were obvious discrepancies in KP’s account. He recalled that Prabakaran had never agreed to lay down arms. Would such a leader be willing to surrender arms and give up Tamil Eelam even in his dreams, Vaiko asked.
Even Prabakaran’s detractors would agree that under no circumstances would Prabakaran give up on Eelam or lay down arms.
Hence, where was the question of his advising Prabakaran not to accept a ceasefire, he wanted to know.
The question that needed to be asked was about the role of the Indian government at that point, he said.
When many world powers were asking for a cessation of hostilities on the
part of
“I have been telling for the past five years that it was the Indian
government that was arming, planning, and conducting the war for the Sri Lankan
government against the LTTE. The Congress-led government at
The Indian government was guilty of abetting the killing of Tamils in
Revealing that LTTE’s Nadesan had spoken to him in 2009 April, he said at that time Nadesan had asked him if he had concluded seat-sharing arrangements in his alliance.
He informed him that there were some problems and hence he was considering the option of not contesting the elections.
But Nadesan encouraged him to contest the elections and told him that even if one MDMK MP won and entered Parliament, he will be equal to 500 MPs.
Vaiko said later that evening, Nadesan contacted him again and told him that Prabakaran wished that the MDMK contested the polls because heavy fighting was already on.
“The MDMK’s frontline leaders were with me when the conversation took place,” he said, the Hindu reports.