LTTE denies plan to kill Indian leaders

By G Saravanan
Published in The New Indian Express, on December 19, 2010:
CHENNAI: A statement purportedly released by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on Saturday denied that the organisation has hatched any plan to kill Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, Home Minister P Chidambaram and State Chief Minister M Karunanidhi.
According to an e-mailed statement signed by R M Supan, coordinator of LTTE headquarters, Tamil Eelam, “ We not only categorically deny the news that is currently in circulation that the Indian intelligence bureau has warned of an LTTE plan to kill the Indian political leaders, but also condemn this misinformation. ”
However, the authenticity of the statement sent in an e-mail, both in English and Tamil, could not be verified. 
It may be noted that the Indian intelligence agencies recently warned that some LTTE cadre, who escaped the wrath of Sri Lankan Army during all-out operations in the island nation earlier this year, were trying to regroup in India and planning attacks on top political leaders, particularly when they travel in the State.
The statement further read, “Having noted the recent successes of the Tamil diaspora’ s democratic and peaceful agitations and the support they were receiving in important cities in many countries, the Sri Lankan Government has, we believe, instigated this misinformation exercise to undermine the Tamil agitation and to imply that the Tamil Eelam struggle was focused only on armed actions.”
“ We see such malicious misinformation as an attempt to blunt the international campaign as well as malign the LTTE,” the statement said.
It concludes by saying, “ We humbly appeal to the respective leaderships and the people of India, especially Tamil Nadu, not to fall for or support these unscrupulous tactics of the Sri Lankan Government.”