KP to form a Tamil party

31 January 2011 07:00 pm Views - 12813

Ex-LTTE top brass Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP was playing behind-the-scene role in the formation of a new Tamil political party, sources in Jaffna said.

“We believe that KP is behind the scene. Initially, it is going to be started as a neutral party,” they said.

The former chief arms procurer had held meetings with civil society activists in Jaffna on Sunday.

A few members of the Tamil Diaspora too had joined him during this visit which was conducted under tight security. He also had meetings with senior military officers based in the area about the   security situation. During the meeting, he had vowed to work for the good of people in the North.

“KP got emotional and broke into tears at one moment when he addressed the meeting,” they said.

Last week, he had addressed a group of lecturers attached to the Jaffna University. It is also learnt that a Sri Lankan Tamil domiciled   in the United States had arrived in the country a few days ago and mooted the idea for the formation of a new party.

KP was arrested in Malaysia in August 2009, and then brought back to Sri Lanka. Since then, he has been in the military custody. The government said in Parliament earlier that he would be produced before a court of law once investigations and inquiries were completed. (Kelum Bandara)