India rejects PM’s claims

10 March 2011 02:56 pm

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)