DMK’s South Chennai MP Thamizhachi Thangapandian’s recent comments eulogising slain Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) chief ‘Medhagu’ Velupillai Prabhakaran has been met with strong pushback from the leaders of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee.
In a recent interview, Ms. Thamizhachi said she wished to have a meal with the slain chief and apologise to him for the Mullivaikkal tragedy in which thousands of Sri Lankan Tamils were killed in the closing phase of the civil war in 2009.
In response to the short video clip widely shared on social media platforms, TNCC leader and Sivanganga M.P. Karti Chidambaram said, “Eulogising Prabhakaran doesn’t go well with anyone in the Indian National Congress. It’s not acceptable to gloss over the dastardly assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, along with 17 Tamils. This Prabakaran/Veerappan Tamil Nationalism is as fringe as Hindutva Nationalism.”
