DMK supremo and Tamil Nadu CM, M.Karunanidhi has said that leader of the terrorist organisation Prabhakaran is his friend. LTTE is a banned terrorist organisation across the world. LTTE cadres are demanding separate tamil nation called "Eelam" from the SriLankan government. It is also the organisation which assasinated former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi when he was attending a political meeting in Sriperumbedur near Chennai,Tamil Nadu.
After nearly a three decade long war with the SriLankan government, the LTTE is now cornered in a 20 sq KM "no fire zone" in SriLanka. Karunanidhi, a tamil CM, whose was always kept silent about LTTE fearing backlash among tamils in TamilNadu recently has said that Prabhakaran is his friend.
Also, he has said that he will deeply regret if Prabhakaran is killed in the war.Karunanidhi also said that the LTTE’s goals were “legitimate,” but faulted it when he said they had adopted “wrong methods.”Karunanidhi said he differed with Prabhakaran on his policy of delivering a dictator-type rule if he came to power, as stated by the LTTE chief.
