Kanimozhi, MP – Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)
Expressing concern over the fall of Kilinochchi to the Sri Lankan Army, Kanimozhi, MP, said Tamils were gradually being wiped out in the island nation.
“What we were hoping would not take place has actually happened,”
“We are in pursuit of other things when an uncertain future is staring at our brothers and sisters.”
“There is no point in living on the past glory without raising our voice against the genocide of Tamils.”
Kanimozhi urged the Tamils in the State “to rise in support of the Sri Lankan Tamil brethren with whom we have umbilical ties.”
D. Pandian, Communist Party of India (CPI)
“The Sri Lankan Army may have overrun Kilinochchi but we have to wait for a reaction from the LTTE and the Sri Lankan Government. I don’t think the war will end with this. Other forms of struggle will be adopted and the battlegrounds will shift,”
P. Nedumaran, Tamil Nationalist Movement (TNM)
“Kilinochchi was already a ghost town, no one lived there. So the Sri Lankan Army cannot claim a big victory.
War will now engulf Sri Lanka and move to other parts,” he noted.
K Veeramani, Dravidar Kazhagam (DK)
Dravidar Kazhagam president K.Veeramani described the capture of Kilinochchi as a pyrrhic victory for the Sri Lankan Army.
Veeramani said the army had only captured the ‘ghost town’ which had been deserted by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. This was only a strategic retreat by the LTTE which, he said would successfully bounce back as it had done in the past.
Veeramani lamented how long the annihilation of Tamil race would go on in Sri Lanka and it was unfortunate that the whole world was keeping silent over the annihilation.
Thyagu, Thamilar Movement
“As always this has been India’s betrayal.”
“This is a war where winning and losing are common. It is just another event, a small setback. One may lose battlefields but that doesn’t mean the war is lost. If the LTTE is not able to win this way, they will change their tactics.”
“There are also other ways to fight.”
“We will continue to support the Eelam and the LTTE and we will keep working to lift the ban on LTTE.”
S. Ramadoss, Paataali Makkal Katchi (PMK)
Stating that Sri Lankan Army took over a deserted Killinochchi, defacto political headquarters of the LTTE, the Ramadoss accused Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajakpaksa of trying to mislead the world by "making false claims."
Questioning New Delhi’s silence on the issue, the PMK founder asked: "What is the reason for the Indian Prime Minister's silence?"
"Congress President Sonia Gandhi and the Prime Minister were remaining silent for more than one-and-a-half years," he said and urged Chief Minister M Karunanidhi to impress on the Prime Minister to intervene and take steps to ensure that the Lankan military offensive against the Tamil Tigers is stopped.
Ramadoss also accused India, China and Pakistan of helping Sri Lanka in the war against the LTTE.
Vaiko , Marumalarchchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK)
MDMK chief Vaiko charged New Delhi with helping Sri Lanka by giving arms, which enabled that country's army to capture the "deserted" Killinochi and said the LTTE will win the war ultimately.
"At least now, we should realise that the Indian Government hasn't done anything for the Sri Lankan Tamils. India has been supplying arms which helped the Lankan Government capture Killinochi,"
On the capture of Killinochi by Sri Lankan Army, he said LTTE men had "strategically" withdrawn and the people there had gone into hiding. The town wore a deserted look.
"This is only a temporary victory for the Sri Lankan Government. They can't defeat them permanently. They would strike back like their earlier operations."
"I am confident that they (LTTE) will win the war ultimately."
Thol. Thirumazhavan, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK)
Thol. Thirumavalavan commenting on the Sri Lankan army occupying Kilinochchi, said the Sri Lankan forces only occupied the administrative capital of Eelam Tamils with the tremendous helps of six or seven countries including India.
Thirumavalavan further said, the Central government betrayed 100 million Tamils all over the world and helped the Sri Lankan government to occupy the Killinochchi, it is not going to end the war, but suffering of our brethrens in Eealm are multiplying into many folds.
