India rejects PM’s claims

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The High Commission of India in Colombo today rejected a statement made by Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne that there were three LTTE camps operating at secret locations in Tamil Nadu.

Authoritative sources in the High Commission told the Daily Mirror that a formal response would be communicated to the Sri Lankan government by the External Affairs Ministry of India in this regard.

The Prime Minster, delivering the opening speech of the emergency debate in the House on Wednesday, said LTTE cadres were being trained at one such centre to target leading Indian politicians. He attributed this information to intelligence reports.

Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe countered the Prime Minister saying there could not be any element of truth in this statement. Mr. Wickremesinghe said had there been any such issue, it should have been taken up by the leaders of the two countries.

“As far as we know, there have been no such talks between the leaders of the two countries,” he said. (Kelum Bandara)

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Comments - 24

Srith Thursday, 10 March 2011 06:50 PM

Can't trust the word of India always

MagodisThuma Saturday, 12 March 2011 01:23 AM

No..LTTE !.

Sunethra Friday, 11 March 2011 07:11 AM

Joker !

Lanka hamdaduru Friday, 11 March 2011 06:00 AM

sitll our PM is learning.....pls dont blame on him

Knight RIder Friday, 11 March 2011 03:50 AM

dear DM the PM you proved your wisdom to the nation at the right time.

simple mind Friday, 11 March 2011 03:52 AM

Is that why the prime minister has retracted his statement and claims that he saw an article in a local newspaper to this effect.

Nihal Amarasekera Friday, 11 March 2011 03:40 AM

If Indian comment is wrong; in time to come they will re-reap the “benefits” as they got “hands full” before.

sanjeeva Friday, 11 March 2011 03:34 AM

he hehe.. the usual story goes in and out.

when emergency debate is around the corner, the govt always say that there's a threat to security by LTTE. but thereafter they keep on saying that the war is over, people are free to go anywhere.

sadly, our people are so stupid to believe all these

Paul Friday, 11 March 2011 03:02 AM

A disgrace to the nation, but who cares,

Kari Friday, 11 March 2011 01:49 AM

This issue is raised only once in every month, when extending emergency law in the Parliment!

Cobra Friday, 11 March 2011 01:31 AM

Yeah. The LTTE bogey is it's lifeline. Soon this whipping horse will stumble and die. Then what?

Yehiya-Doha Friday, 11 March 2011 01:17 AM

Creating unwanted diplomatic disputes.

Chamalka Thursday, 10 March 2011 04:30 PM

Whom to believe?

sandeepa Thursday, 10 March 2011 06:22 PM

JOKER OF ASIA!!!!!

jagath Thursday, 10 March 2011 06:17 PM

i do agree with Osanda that Indians are afraid of SL becoming a politicaly stable and economicaly Indipendent.
So India with its one billion population with Mass social problems will keep an eye for neibours resources (even for fish in the sea)to capture the tresousers India need to destablise the neribour this is simple thing which our both ruling and opposition parties could not understand to work on one International policy for the countries safety.

N K Ratnam Thursday, 10 March 2011 06:00 PM

The LTTE gets resurrected every time a vote for the extension of the draconian emergency law is taken up in parliament. You need the emergency laws to arrest, torture and detain political opponents without having to produce them in front of a court of law.

lalith wije Thursday, 10 March 2011 05:57 PM

So did your PM Rajiv Ghandhi when he rejected the presence of LTTE training camps in India and he paid for it with his life. Lalith Wije

krishna Thursday, 10 March 2011 05:54 PM

These things happens when some one trying to cover up some one.

cracko Thursday, 10 March 2011 05:56 PM

We elected him and several other.............. That is what we get.

Sam Thursday, 10 March 2011 05:21 PM

I knew it, Gov just wanted to extend the Emergency Law by saying it.

Anil de Silva Thursday, 10 March 2011 05:15 PM

Pinata hamba una tanatura rekaganna liyala dena eka kiyawanna epaye narakada agameti tumo mervin aiyawa camps kudu pattam karana indiyawata ariyoth

Osanda Thursday, 10 March 2011 05:04 PM

India denied when they trained Prabakaran in 70s Seventies and Eighties, they do not want any other South Asian country standing up.
and can't tolerate the Chines presence in Sri Lanka.

Suny J from Melbourn Thursday, 10 March 2011 04:57 PM

India

Ranjan Abeysekera Thursday, 10 March 2011 04:56 PM

Our P.M. is talking nonsense. He do not know what he is talking. If there are LTTE camps in India, then he should have discussed this with the Prez and informed India.

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