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Some Indian politicians, especially, those from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, attempt to gain some mileage through a vilification campaign against the just struggle of the Tamils in the Northeast of Sri Lanka. There was a time when politicians of all shades fell over each other to issue statements in favour of Eelam Tamils, but the killing of Rajiv Gandhi in 1991 changed all that. The killing of Rajiv Gandhi was exploited by Ms. Jayalalithaa to win the elections in 1991. She later claimed she had won the elections due to her own popularity and not because of Rajiv Gandhi.
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The Tamil people of the island of Ceylon (now called Sri Lanka) constitute a distinct nation. They form a social entity, with their own history, traditions, culture, language and traditional homeland. The Tamil people call their nation Tamil Eelam.
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That the armed resistance movement of the Tamil people should have originated in Tamil Eelam and not in Tamil Nadu is not altogether surprising. It is the nature of the discrimination and oppression which often determines the nature of the response.
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The government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) has currently achieved several successes in its combat operations against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). It captured the LTTE controlled eastern province, established its control there, and destroyed a number of LTTE arms shipments. These military offensives against the LTTE have ... killed many civilians in the north and the east. If the LTTE were pushed against the wall, one could expect that their resistance could be stiff and suicidal. [FI, Feb 14]
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