India extends ban on LTTE

by admin
Jul 13, 2012

Citing a "challenge [to] the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India", the Indian government extended its ban on the LTTE for another two years. In a statement, the home ministry added that the LTTE held a strong anti-India stance and pro-LTTE groups 'continued to foster a separatist tendency' among the Indian masses.

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The ministry said that the LTTE’s goal of achieving Tamil Eelam, a separate homeland for all Tamils, along with their enhanced support base in Tamil Nadu was a threat to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India.

"The diaspora continue to spread, through articles in the internet portals, anti-India feeling among the Sri Lankan Tamils by holding the top Indian political leaders and bureaucrats responsible for the defeat of the LTTE," the statement said.

The joint secretary, Dharmendra Sharma, added,

"The LTTE continues to adopt a strong anti-India posture as also continues to pose a grave threat to the security of Indian nationals, it is necessary to declare LTTE as an 'unlawful association' with immediate effect."

The ban is now in place till 31st May 2014.

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