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M.R. Narayan Swamy, a journalist ‘specialised’ on LTTE affairs, recently made a ‘scoop’ regarding now defunct CFA and the active involvement of then BJP government in the peace process. Apparently Indian government was actively involved in the groundwork for CFA, by liaising with the Sri Lankan and Norwegian governments in drafting the CFA document and the creation of SLMM. The Indian involvement was kept under wraps only few people in the Delhi knew about this.

Unfortunately my memory isn’t bad enough to forget about the events, which led to the dissolution of the Parliament and subsequent general election in April 2004. There was a well coordinated plan to remove the UNF government from the power during the 2003 – 2004 periods, hatched by disgruntled politicians in Colombo, Indian envoy Nirupam Sen and intelligence agencies of Sri Lanka and India. The Sinhala extremist group JVP was groomed as ‘running dog’ by the BJP appointed Nirupam Sen. In November 2003 under pressure from Mangala Samaraweera; Chandrika taken over the control of three key ministries of UNF government citing threat to national security. Later she dissolved the parliament and called for the general election; reluctant Chandrika was persuaded by the Indian envoy Nirupam Sen to do so. Nirupam Sen played a crucial role in the formation of UPFA alliance between the PA and the JVP. Then the plotters unleashed the lethal attack on UNP few weeks before the general election that made sure UNP’s defeat in the election. The release of transcripts and audio tapes of telephonic conversations by the government officials, UNF politicians and Norwegian ambassador, with Puleethevan of LTTE peace secretariat. This was widely believed to be the work of Sri Lankan and Indian intelligence agencies. After the general election Nirupam Sen made a comment ‘we cannot talk only to the rump of the UNP’. At that time pro UNP media and Colombo establishment angrily reacted to this ‘interference in the internal affairs’ by the Indian envoy.

It is naive to believe that Indian government was in favour of an agreement, which mentioned the demarcation of territories and other ‘controversial’ issues related to the legitimacy of Liberation Tigers. Also the news item mentioned that India had come to a conclusion that Chandrika was incapable of making peace with Liberation Tigers (Now India seems to be thinking that Mahinda is the appropriate leader to make ‘peace’ with Liberation Tigers !) I am surprised that Tamilnet wire service naively presents this story as true one, without mentioning any counter argument.

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