LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, killed in 2009, is alive and doing well: Tamil politician claims

Pazha Nedumaran, a noted Tamil nationalist leader, said the announcement would end ‘planned’ suspicions spread about Velupillai Prabhakaran

|Feb 13, 2023, 18:35:51 IST

Thanjavur: Velupillai Prabhakaran, the leader of Eelam Tamils in Sri Lanka is doing well, a top Tamil nationalist leader claimed in Thanjavur in India's southern state Tamil Nadu on Monday and said a conducive atmosphere prevails for him to appear now.

In a press conference, Pazha Nedumaran, a noted Tamil nationalist leader, prefixed his declaration as a ‘true announcement’ and said the international (political) atmosphere and fierce opposition to Rajapaksas by the Sinhalese people in Sri Lanka has created the right conditions for the leader of the Eelam Tamils, Prabhakaran to emerge.

Asserting that the LTTE leader is doing well, Nedumaran said the announcement would end ‘planned’ suspicions spread about him. Prabhakaran is all set to soon announce a plan for the dawn of the Eelam Tamils in Sri Lanka, he said.

He appealed to Tamils in Sri Lanka and the Tamils living in all other parts of the world to stand together and extend him their their full support.

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