Thread: Pro-LTTE parties routed as Sri Lanka overruns LTTE zone

[size=12pt]Pro-LTTE parties routed as Sri Lanka overruns LTTE zone[/size]

May 16th, 2009 - 7:26 pm

By M.R. Narayan Swamy

New Delhi/Chennai/Colombo, May 16 (IANS) In a dramatic coincidence, Tamil Nadu’s political parties sympathetic to the Tamil Tigers were routed in the Lok Sabha elections Saturday as the Sri Lankan military dealt a crippling blow to the rebels, taking control of their last coastal belt.

As the Sri Lankan army announced “the total liberation of the island’s coastline from three decades of terror�, vote count in Puducherry and Tamil Nadu showed that all seven candidates of the PMK and three of the four MDMK candidates had lost.

The losers included MDMK’s passionately pro-Tiger chief Vaiko, who in 1989 made a dramatic secret trip to Sri Lanka’s north to meet Tamil Tiger chief Velupillai Prabhakaran.

The saving grace for politicians supporting the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was the victory of Thol Thirumavalavan, leader of VCK, the small party that fielded two candidates in alliance with the ruling DMK.

The VCK, MDMK and PMK are the most vocal pro-LTTE forces in Tamil Nadu’s mainstream politics and were at the forefront of street protests in recent weeks, denouncing both Colombo and New Delhi for the deaths and the suffering of civilians in Sri Lanka’s onslaught against the Tamil Tigers.

Worse, the AIADMK of former chief minister J. Jayalalithaa, who had surprised everyone by threatening to send the Indian Army to Sri Lanka if her alliance won most of Tamil Nadu’s 39 parliamentary seats, suffered a stunning blow winning only nine seats.

The PMK had only in March quit the Congress-led coalition and joined hands with the AIADMK. The PMK had declared that only the creation of a Tamil state would end Sri Lanka’s dragging conflict. Besides losing the six seats it contested in Tamil Nadu, it also lost the only seat in Puducherry.

Vaiko, who warned that “rivers of blood� would flow in Tamil Nadu if LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran got injured in Sri Lanka, was defeated by over 50,000 votes from Virudnagar constituency.

Tamil Nadu, where the LTTE once had sanctuaries and training camps, is separated from Sri Lanka by a narrow strip of sea.

In the run up to the ballot in Tamil Nadu, which voted May 13, pro-LTTE players sought to make Sri Lanka the dominant campaign theme. The LTTE even urged people to vote for those supporting its cause.

In the cacophony, the most attacks were reserved for the Congress and its president Sonia Gandhi, who was accused of conniving with Sri Lanka to crush the LTTE to avenge the 1991 killing, by a Tiger suicide bomber, of her husband and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.

In the eventuality, the Congress did suffer but only marginally. It won three seats and was on the winning track in five. It had bagged 10 seats in 2004.

The DMK, which too was accused of doing nothing tangible to end the war in Sri Lanka despite being a key partner of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s government, could end up with a tally of 18 seats.

“The verdict is a vote against the LTTE, a vote for India’s Sri Lanka policy,� said K. Elangovan, a Chennai-based lawyer. A MDMK leader told IANS on the condition of anonymity: “The Sri Lankan issue did not resonate at all in rural areas. It impacted only in major towns.�

A Tamil Nadu police officer added: “We have always maintained that the Sri Lankan issue has ceased to sway the people of Tamil Nadu. Some people may be vocal about the LTTE, giving an impression that it is a mass issue. But it is not. These results have proved it again.�

The Sri Lankan government said Saturday that soldiers of its 58 Division had linked up with the 59 Division, freeing the last remaining coastal stretch under LTTE’s control. “The link up marks the total liberation of the island’s coastline from three decades of terror.�

Military officials said the LTTE was now left with less than one square kilometre area, and for the first time since the conflict began over a quarter century ago the rebels were without access to the sea.

Said an official from the Indian security establishment: “With today’s development in Sri Lanka, it can be safely said that the armed struggle of the LTTE has come to an end.�

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/...100193463.html

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[size=12pt]India's Ruling Party Wins Resounding Victory[/size]

By TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press Writer

NEW DELHI May 16, 2009 (AP)

The Congress party headed to a resounding victory Saturday in India's monthlong national elections, defying expectations of a poor showing to secure a second term in power as the country battles an economic downturn.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared victory, telling reporters that voters had given the Congress party-led coalition a "massive mandate."

The left-of-center Congress, which has long tried to balance free market reforms with a vow to protect India's downtrodden, wants a "stable, strong government which is committed to secular values," he said.

Singh was clearly referring to the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, the country's other main party, which failed to convince voters to change the national leadership during a time of economic uncertainty and regional instability.

"We accept the people's verdict," said Arun Jaitley, a senior BJP official. "Certainly something did go wrong."

With most votes counted, the Election Commission said the Congress-led alliance had won — or was leading in — races for 254 seats in the 543-seat Parliament. The BJP alliance came up short with 153. The Congress party alone, without the support of its coalition allies, had won or was leading in 204 seats, putting it far ahead of all other parties.

FULL STORY: http://abcnews.go.com/International/...ory?id=7602277

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Batista must be wetting his diapers :-p

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Batista must be wetting his diapers :-p
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why?? karunanidhi's party won the majority in tamilnadu..
he is a full supporter of lankan tamil nationlism..

my argument once again become true..
tamils in all over the world hate sinhalese and this victory for karunanidhi proved it. he is one of the die hard supporter for lankan tamils war against sinhalese..
I think you remember that he even fasting to stop sinhalese war against tamils..

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why?? karunanidhi's party won the majority in tamilnadu..
he is a full supporter of lankan tamil nationlism..
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What happened to Jayalalitha who said she would send the Indian army to create Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka?

Oops!

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What happened to Jayalalitha who said she would send the Indian army to create Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka?

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I dont know about that.
but what I know that Karunanidhi was the creator of the tamil natiolism to this world.
actually all knows that he has given lot of support to lankan tamils militory war against sinhalese..
jaya lalitha was the anti-LTTE untill recently..

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I dont know about that.
but what I know that Karunanidhi was the creator of the tamil natiolism to this world.
actually all knows that he has given lot of support to lankan tamils militory war against sinhalese..
jaya lalitha was the anti-LTTE untill recently..

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Oh right, Tamil nationalism never existed until Karunanidhi?

And why didn't the Tamils hand victory to the leader who outrightly called for the creation of Tamil Eelam?

Don't pretend as if you don't know about Jayalalithaa's threat, batista lol

Why did the Tamil Nadu electorate hand victory to a man who allied himself to the Congress who is providing defence equipment and training to Sri Lanka?

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Oh right, Tamil nationalism never existed until Karunanidhi?

And why didn't the Tamils hand victory to the leader who outrightly called for the creation of Tamil Eelam?

Don't pretend as if you don't know about Jayalalithaa's threat, batista lol

Why did the Tamil Nadu electorate hand victory to a man who allied himself to the Congress who is providing defence equipment and training to Sri Lanka?
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yeah karunanidhi dude is regard as the leader of all tamils in this world.. he is in indian parliment since india's independance..
dude had been in the jail for even supporting LTTE.

Karunanidhi has been arrested several times in long political career fighting for public causes this including against price increase, Anti-Hindi Agitation, for Eelam Tamils and other political activities.He has been arrested over 14 times. Even in jail he set up a shadow government, and allocated responsibilities to everyone of his cadres. During his periods in jail (he was incarcerated more than seven times between 1953 and 1965), Karunanidhi read and wrote extensively in prison. Karunanidhi led a struggle in a bid was instrumental in the Kallakudi struggle to rename Dalmiapuram railway Station. Karunanidhi was entrusted with the task of organizing the struggle. The cadres were divided into three batches, and Karunanidhi led the batch which lay down on the railway station, blocking the train by putting his head on the rail and made powerful slogan "udal mannukku, uyir tamilukku" (Body to soil and Life to Tamil&quot that attracted many to join him. They were promptly arrested, the second group also met the same fate. When the third group lead by Kannadasan took its turn chaos broke, the police resorted to firing leading to the death of two. Karunanidhi was lodged in Thiruchirapalli Central Jail.

[size=12pt] Sri Lanka issue failed in Tamil Nadu, says Maran[/size]

May 16th, 2009 - 3:32 am EST By Sindh Today

New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran said Saturday that the victory of his party in the Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu showed that the Sri Lankan issue had failed to sway voters in the state.

As the DMK proved pollsters wrong with a strong performance in a majority of Tamil Nadu’s 39 Lok Sabha seats, Maran told NDTV TV: “People (of Tamil Nadu) have given a clear mandate.�

Asked if the emotive issue of Sri Lanka’s military offensive against the Tamil Tigers had played a role in balloting, as many had expected, he said: “That has not played a role.�

AIADMK leader J. Jayalalithaa and her allies in the MDMK and PMK had taken an aggressive line in Tamil Nadu during the election campaign blaming the Sri Lankan and Indian governments for the suffering of Tamil civilians in the island nation.

Jayalalithaa threatened to send the Indian Army to Sri Lanka to carve out a Tamil Eelam state if her coalition won most seats in Tamil Nadu and if she ended up playing a key role in government formation in New Delhi.

http://www.sindhtoday.net/south-asia/97159.htm