DMK leader M. Karunanidhi on Thursday said Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s election promise of a “transparent, judicial inquiry” probing the allegations of war crimes against the Sri Lankan Army had exposed his “double face.”
“When the Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation (TESO) and others made a case for an inquiry, he rejected the demand outright. Now, he is making the promise to win the votes of the Tamils in the island nation,” Mr. Karunanidhi said in a statement.
Even though Mr. Rajapaksa campaigned in Tamil areas and asked the people to forget the past, he had not come forward to align with any Tamil organisation.
“Both Mr. Rajapaksa and his rival candidate and former Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena feel that they might not get the majority Sinhalese vote if they supported the cause of the Tamils,” Mr. Karunanidhi pointed out.
