Centre extends ban on LTTE over its strong anti-India posture

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ The Centre on Tuesday extended the ban on Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam for another five years, declaring it an “unlawful association” for continuing to adopt a strong “anti-India posture” and posing a “grave threat” to the security of Indian nationals.

The Ministry of Home Affairs said that LTTE’s objective for a separate homeland (Tamil Eelam) for all Tamils threatens the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India, and amounts to cession and secession of a part of the territory of India from the Union and thus falls within the ambit of unlawful activities.

The activities of the LTTE remnant cadres, dropouts, sympathisers, supporters who have been traced out recently in the Tamil Nadu suggest that the cadres sent to Tamil Nadu would ultimately be utilised by LTTE for unlawful activities, the Ministry said, renewing its 2014 notification to declare LTTE as an “unlawful association” for another five years.

The separatist Tamil “chauvinist” groups and pro-LTTE groups continue to foster a separatist tendency amongst the masses and enhance the support base for LTTE in India and particularly in Tamil Nadu, the notification said, adding that it will ultimately have a strong disintegrating influence over the territorial integrity of India.