CPM asks govt to get tough with LTTE

New Delhi, Apr 27 : Expressing concern over escalating violence in Sri Lanka, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) today asked the government to send a clear message to the LTTE that it was against acts that end the cease-fire and derail the peace process.

The CPI (M) Polit Bureau said in a statement that the Lankan government must deal with the situation with restraint and patience so that the it does not get further complicated.

Despite its formal denial, the terrorist attack on the army headquarters that killed ten people and injured the army chief had all the hallmarks of a LTTE operation, the party said.

''The overall situation in Sri Lanka causes concern,'' the Polit Bureau said adding it would have adverse repurcussions within India.

The LTTE's claim that it was committed to the cease-fire would have no credibility if it pursued such ''vicious assassination tactics'', the CPI (M) said.

Resumption of hostilities would affect the Tamil minority in Lanka badly and would only play into the hands of LTTE and aggravate ethnic tensions at the ground level, it added.

UNI

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