Tamil diaspora divided over “Transnational Govt”: Karuna

• Karuna said that the diaspora had broken into three groups – US-based Visvanathan Rudrakumar, Norway-based Nediyavan and a London-based group.
• TGTE is “another pipe dream like Vellupillai Prabhkaran’s Eelam.”
• The Minister asserted the Tamil diaspora will not return to Sri Lanka and should create issues for their survival abroad.

Karuna, a former top Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) commander who is now a Sri Lankan Minister has said the Tamil diaspora is divided and had conflicting views on the so-called ‘Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam’.

The Tamil diaspora cannot make a significant impact internationally as it faces internal dissension and is now divided into three segments, Deputy Minister of Resettlement Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman said. Amman split from LTTE towards the end of 2004 following differences with Velupillai Prabhakaran and formed the Tamil Makkal Vituthai Pulligal (TMVP).

In March last year, he quit TMVP and joined President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s Sri Lanka Freedom Party and was subsequently appointed its vice-president. Amman said that the diaspora had broken into three groups – US-based Visvanathan Rudrakumar, Norway-based Nediyavan and a London-based group. They had conflicting ideas about the proposed ‘Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE)’…. read more