KP flays Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, blames Nadesan for Prabhakaran’s demise
By K.T.Rajasingham
Colombo, 14 July, (Asiantribune.com):
The Tamils of Sri Lanka pinned their hopes, trust and faith on the Tamil Nadu leaders, considered them as benefactors and redeemers, but they have miserably failed to practice what they preached. In the meantime, blame has been squarely placed on the former LTTE political czar B. Nadesan for the demise of the LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran.
Kumaran Pathmanathan or simply called “KP” blamed Nadesan for his lethargic approach and in the end which led ultimately for the demise of the LTTE leader.
South Indian Tamil leaders including Chief Minister J.Jayalithaa and the former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi came up for a sharp criticism as Kumaran Pathmanathan lambasted them, “blood suckers,” & “Parasites,” who made use of the Sri Lankan Tamils’ miseries, to enhance their selfish political agenda.
He pointed out, while the Tamil Nadu leaders wanted their State to remain intact with the Union of India, on the contrary they vociferously advocates the bifurcation of Sri Lanka to create a separate state of Tamil Eelam. He added on the whole, Tamil Nadu leaders failed to live up to the expectations of the Sri Lankan Tamils.
In a move to monopolize the Tamil Eelam issues, KP alleged, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa came up with a calculated move, a resolution in the State Assembly ‘to isolate Sri Lanka’ and adopt economic sanctions which she claimed would “rein in” Sri Lanka, with the view to browbeat her low level political colleagues, to take in her hand the sole control of the Tamil Eelam issue.
This move by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has put in quandary, the lower level leaders like V. Gopalasamy alias Vaiko, P. Nedumaran, S. Ramdoss, Seeman, Thol Thirumavalagan, K. Veeramani and others. While shedding crocodile tears, none of the so called Tamil Nadu leaders have so far come forward to do any good to the hundreds and thousands of Sri Lankan refugees quartered in the ramshackle houses in more than 60 camps scattered all over Tamil Nadu, where Indian Government have herded them in a pitiable condition, worst than that of the domesticated beasts, K.P alleged.
He further pointed out that from the very day, the first wave of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees started arriving since 1983 and began settling down in camps and outside refugee camps, Sri Lankan Tamil refugees lead miserable lives and are at the mercy of Q branch police and immigration officials, to date these refugees are languishing with uncertainty without any permanent solutions, even after being in the country for more than ten years, as none of them were given Indian citizenship – the permanent solution to their plight as refugees.
To add insult to injury, when Jayalalithaa became the Chief Minister for the second term 2001 – 2006, the very same present day champion of the Tamil Eelam, was adamant not to give admissions in colleges for higher education to the children of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees.
KP earlier known as an elusive, secretive individual, kept a low profile by having direct contact with LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran.
Subsequently, he was the subject of a worldwide manhunt and arrested on August 5, 2009, in Malaysia, but was denied by Malaysian authorities. Later Sri Lankan Government announced on August 7, 2009, that he was brought to Colombo,
Though KP is technically under arrest in Sri Lanka, presently he heads the North East Reconciliation and Development Organization (NERDO).
He said that none of these so called Tamil Nadu leaders have so far considered to do any good to the sixty to seventy thousand Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who are languishing in the refugee camps in Tamil Nadu.
Their ‘rag tag’ survival in these camps clearly shows that these Tamil leaders have done nothing for their upliftment. Even none of these leaders ever visited these camps to learn the hardships, ”our brothers and sisters” undergo in these camps, which reminds of the modern day open air slave camps, KP said.
When Karunanidhi was the chief Minister, he has not done anything to the Sri Lankan Tamil refugees. As usual he was selfish, arrogant, and was interested in his own family members and exploited the miseries of the Sri Lankan Tamils for his political agenda, KP alleged.
Right throughout Sri Lankan Tamil refugees were considered a ‘political bargaining chip’ by the Central Government of India. While denying them of a permanent solution, basic facilities as expected in the UN Charter for refugees, they were even denied of the visits of UNHCR officials to camps and refused opportunity to be considered for resettlement in a third country.
Earlier, in January 2009, Pathmanathan (KP) was appointed head of the newly created "Department of International Relations." He became LTTE’s chief international spokesman during the last months of the civil war.
In the meantime, when KP speaking about the last days of the war, he said those days he experienced difficulty to have direct telephone links with the former LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran.
He told Asian Tribune that he was in touch with B. Nadesan the former political czar of the outfit, who in fact was the ‘go between’ and he was conveying only through him messages to Prabhakaran.
When talking about the last days of the battle with the Sri Lankan Security Forces, KP said as Nadesan was holding Prabhakaran’s telephone and he use to call him and pass on his messages to the "Leader".
He said after 10 May 2009, immediately after the final defeat of LTTE at the hands of the Sri Lankan Forces at Suthanthirapuram, Puthukudyiruppu, in which more than five hundred war-weary hard core LTTE fighters succumbed, I assessed the unfolding situation and contacted Nadesan to convey my urgent message to the LTTE Supremo Prabhakaran.
"I told Nadesan to inform the LTTE leader to give up his hostile campaign and come to terms with the Sri Lankan Leader President Mahinda Rajapaksa and told him that I am waiting for the feedback".
When KP continued, he said that he did not get any feedback and at last he came to the conclusion that Nadesan has betrayed him by not informing Prabhakaran to give up the fight and come to terms with the Sri Lankan Government.
He lamented, if Nasesan would have conveyed his message, there would have been a likelihood of Prabhakaran entering into a ceasefire agreement with President Mahinda Rajapaksa and would have remained alive today.
He alleged that Nadesan was responsible for the demise of LTTE Leader Prabhakaran.
- Asian Tribune -
Comments
KP flays Tamil Nadu Chief Minister.
How did KP got this idea now. He is currying favour with the government now. He was part and parcel of the LTTE. He has suddenly changed his views because the government has defeated the LTTE and he was caught and brought to Colombo. It may that his capture and bringing him to Colombo was an agreement between the two. He too is responsible for the destruction of the Tamils and their properties. However, the Tamil diaspora believes that it was due to Prabaharan that they are leading a good life in the western world. It was a mistake for the Tamil politicans, for so long, to speak and support for the Indian Tamils. They too depended on the leaders of Tamil Nadu. This induced the Sinhala leaderst of the wishful thinking . I would like KP to lead his own life, with the government's support and not to interfere in the affairs of the Tamils. I would not trust him for a penny.