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Cong. opposes India hosting LTTE, Colombo talks
By Our Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI, FEB. 1. The Congress today vehemently opposed the idea of India either hosting or facilitating talks between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the Sri Lankan Government. Responding to queries on the issue, the party spokesperson, Jaipal Reddy, asked ``the LTTE is a banned organisation, how can the Government mediate between a banned organisation and the Lankan Government''?
The party made it clear that it was also opposed to the idea of allowing Anton Balasingham to stay in Chennai. ``The LTTE leader, V. Prabhakaran, was directly and personally involved in the murder of the former Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi. We want him extradited. How can we allow his representative or his organisation to hold talks on Indian soil'' Mr. Reddy asked.
The Congress, however, made it clear that it was not opposed to the peace process, but to the idea of India playing the mediator.
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