Tigers sideline Sampanthan
TULF leader R. Sampanthan has been sidelined from the Tamil National Alliance's international campaign apparently on the instructions of the LTTE following reports that he had failed to reflect the LTTE's ideology.

Mr. Sampanthan who earlier served on the TNA international propaganda unit was dropped this week after TNA MPs met LTTE's Political wing leader S.P. Thamilselvan.

Questions about Mr. Sampanthan's viewpoint were raised by TNA MP S .Jeyananthamoorthy who claimed that the TULF leader during speeches in the US had indicated that the TNA's recognition of the LTTE as the sole representative of the Tamil people applied mainly to its role at the negotiating table. Mr. Sampanthan denied this interpretation, but the TNA member had insisted that such a meaning had been given.

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