TMVP always with Government

Chief Minister of the Eastern Province and TMVP Leader Sivanesadurai Chandrakanthan said that the TMVP was `part and parcel’ of the UPFA government and they would continue to strengthen the hands of the President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who had a clear vision to develop the Eastern province and also to sweep away the LTTE from the country. Planning to erase off the word `Puligal’ (Tiger) from his political party, he said in an interview with the Sunday Observer that some political groups had spread rumours that the TMVP was going against the UPFA. “But these are rumours with vested interests”, he said.

The former LTTE child soldier, the 33-year-old Chief Minister, who wanted to delay his marriage until he becomes politically stable, said that the TMVP was open to criticism and it had closed all the opportunities for attempts at inculcating the gun culture in the Province.” Tamils hate those who carry guns”, he said.

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