Sunday, March 1, 2009

INDIA AND THE DEMISE OF THE LTTE

By K. Godage

(nation)The end of the LTTE as a conventional force would be welcomed by the Government of India. It is of course being moaned in India by the likes of Nedumaran and Ramdoss not even by the former backer Karunanidhi and certainly not by the AIDMK and Jayalalithaa who has openly stated that those who support the LTTE should be taken into custody. She in fact on January 28, stated that the LTTE must surrender and bring about a ceasefire. Incidentally surveys indicate that her party will form the next government in Tamil Nadu. This is on form for Tamil Nadu politics has a tendency to rotate power. I give below how the two principal parties fared in recent years at State elections:- Full Text