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No quarter to LTTE in T.N.: Jayalalithaa
By Our Special Correspondent
CHENNAI, JAN. 15. Expressing shock at the ``prospect of the LTTE entering Tamil Nadu again'', the AIADMK general secretary, Jayalalithaa, today reiterated her party's opposition to any proposal to permit the LTTE to use the State as a base for any of its activities.
``I am shocked that a situation has arisen wherein such a move could even be contemplated by the Government of India,'' she said in a statement.
In the absence of ``any reassuring statement from the Central Government'' on not allowing the LTTE to set up base in the country for conducting peace negotiations with the Sri Lankan Government, she said it was her duty to ``once again voice my stout resistance and firm opposition'' to any such move.
The general public in Tamil Nadu felt that the use of weapons and firearms became common in the State only after the entry of the Sri Lankan militant organisations. ``The people feel that the LTTE had been flushed out of Tamil Nadu only after hard, relentless and untiring efforts under my leadership from 1991 onwards and even a small entry given to them now, once again, would open the Pandora's box,'' she said.
In her capacity as the leader of the ruling party in Tamil Nadu, she said it was her duty to oppose the entry of the LTTE ``in any manner, under any pretext whatsoever.'' The AIADMK would not agree to any such proposal.
Ms. Jayalalithaa listed out certain points which, she said, formed the basis for the AIADMK's firm opposition to the entry of the LTTE in Tamil Nadu. One, the LTTE chief, Prabakaran, and the LTTE intelligence chief, Pottu Amman, were proclaimed offenders in the Rajiv assassination case.
Two, the LTTE was banned in India and the ban was in force till May 14, 2002. Three, the LTTE had been declared a terrorist organisation under POTO.
The AIADMK leader maintained that if the LTTE's negotiator, Anton Balasingham, were to be allowed to reside in Chennai, then the pro-LTTE elements would gain inspiration and moral support from the LTTE to propagate secessionism in India ``which would affect the security, integrity and sovereignty'' of the country.
Noting that the LTTE had floated two militant organisations, the TNRT and the Tamilar Pasarai in Tamil Nadu, she said similar organisations would emerge in greater number jeopardising the tranquillity and security of the State if the LTTE was allowed to have a base here.
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