LTTE's criticism based on 'false premises'

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD, JULY 13. Dr. G. Venkataraman, who was adviser to Defence Research and Development Organisation and former Vice- Chancellor of the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Education, Puttaparthi, has criticised the LTTE for asking Tamil people not to follow the path of Sri Sathya Sai Baba.

Dr. Venkataraman said the LTTE based its statement on ``false premises and incorrect appreciation''. If Sri Sathya Sai Baba was anti-Tamil, how was it that over the years, thousands of Tamil students had been given free education in Puttaparthi, and the followers of the Baba in Tamil Nadu conducted 75,000 free cataract operations last year to mark Baba's birthday, he asked.

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