Thol. Thirumavalavan, the president of the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (Liberation Panthers Party) and one of India’s foremost Dalit leaders, has expres-sed scepticism regarding the stance of the Indian government on the Sri Lankan issue. News reports in Tamil Nadu last week said RAW – the Indian intelligence group – had warned the Tamil Nadu state police to be vigilant of potential infiltration of Karuna faction members into the south Indian state.
Referring to those reports Thirumaval-avan in a statement issued last week said: “There are reports that the Indian intelligence wing has cautioned Tamil Nadu police of Karuna faction who is functioning in connivance with the Sri Lankan government conspiring to infiltrate into Tamil Nadu and abduct political leaders of the state in order to put the blame on the LTTE”.
“Whenever the Sri Lankan forces suffer severe loss at the hands of the LTTE, generally one can observe significant political moves taking place in India too. Hundreds of Sri Lankan forces lost their lives in Muhamalai battle last week. It is in this context that the RAW has issued such a warning,” said Thirumavalavan.
“To date the RAW had been spreading messages through the media that there was LTTE infiltration in Tamil Nadu. Now for the first time it has shown signs of having a soft spot for the LTTE by alleging the Karuna group of planning abductions in Tamil Nadu”.
