LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, who was claimed to have been killed in 2009 by the Sri Lankan military, is actually alive, according to a top Tamil Nationalist leader.
Pazha Nedumaran, president of the World Tamil Federation, said on 13 February 2023 that Prabhakaran is alive and well. Prabhakaran would soon announce a plan for the "liberation" of the Tamil race, and he should be supported by all Tamil people, Nedumaran was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
Till such time the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was powerful, they did not allow any forces inimical to India to find a toehold in the regions held by them in Sri Lanka, he said. They not only opposed such forces but also have not received any support from such nations opposed to India, he added.
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The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam was a guerrilla outfit that tried to establish a separate Tamil state in northern and eastern Sri Lanka. 'Eelam' in Tamil denotes the homeland of the Tamil people.
(With PTI inputs)