Balasingham's remarks on Rajiv is confusing: DMK

Chennai, June 30 (UNI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M Karunanidhi said ''It's confusing.Nothing is clear'' on LTTE Idealogue Anton Balasingham's remarks that Rajiv Gandhi's assassination was a ''monumental and historical tragedy''.

When asked for his views to Mr Balasingham's remarks during the course of an interview to NDTV, Mr Karunanidhi said the LTTE itself had refuted the remarks made by him.

''It is confusing. Nothing is clear,'' the Chief Minister said.

Mr Balasingham had said, ''as far as that event (Rajiv assassination) is concerned, I would say it is a great tragedy, a monumental and historical tragedy for which we deeply regret and we call upon the Government of India and the people of India to be magnanimous to put the past behind and to approach the ethnic issue in a different perspective''.

Reacting to ths, the LTTE had denied that it had owned responsibility for Rajiv's killing and said Mr Balasingham had only regretted the incident.

Referring to the frequent incidents of Lankan Nany personnel opening fire on innocent Indian fishermen, Mr Karunanidhi said such incidents had been taking place continuously and the State Government had been condemning them.

''Besides the state had been urging the Centre to take up the issue with the Sri Lankan Government to prevent such atrocities,'' he added.

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