Tamil leader says will quit if link with Prahakaran proved

Last Updated: Friday, January 01, 2010, 17:42

Tags: Prahakaran, LTTE chief

Colombo: Rubbishing allegations that he was seen with slain LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran some years back, a Tamil politician today said he would quit politics if charges levelled against him were proved.

The Opposition Democratic People's Front leader Mano Ganeshan dared a ruling coalition member to produce evidence to prove that he and Prabhakaran had been together in Wanni during the Norwegian brokered truce agreement between the Tigers and the government.

"If anyone proved the allegations that I was with Prabhakaran in his swimming pool in Wanni I will quit," Ganeshan told.

A ruling coalition parliamentarian had at a briefing earlier this week claimed to have seen a film that captured Mano Ganeshan's pictures sharing Prabhakaran's swimming pool.

The leader of the Tamil party challenged the ruling United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) member to make public the VCD allegedly containing the film.

Asked if he had taken the issue with the government, Ganeshan said a minister had told him to ignore the allegation, The Island Newspaper reported.

PTI

First Published: Friday, January 01, 2010, 17:42