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DMK supports extension of ban on LTTE | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief M. Karunanidhi on Monday supported the Central Government’s decision to extend the ban on the Liberation Tigers of
Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for another two years. India has denied the presence of LTTE
camps in the south after Sri Lanka said separatist rebels were training cadres
in Tamil Nadu to carry out assassinations. Addressing media persons here, Karunanidhi
said, “I don't have anything to say on the extension of ban on LTTE. However the
ban cannot be considered as a ban on LTTE because, generally speaking with particularly
reference to Tamil Nadu, it is seen as an attempt to stop any activity of terrorism
in the state, and I am also one of the persons who wished so.” The Sri Lankan
government crushed the LTTE in May 2009 after a quarter-century war during which
the Tigers fought to create a separate state for the Tamil minority, who represent
about 15 percent of the island nation's population. “We have been constantly opposing
any type of military training to Sri Lankans through our resolution, and the Central
government is also accepting our resolution and has taken action against them,"
Karunanidhi added.
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