I might venture to identify it as her security both internal and external. Certain elements in India perhaps seek to ensure the security of her southern flank by two means, one by transforming Sri Lanka into a client state and also by ensuring that no separate state is established in Sri Lanka. From the time of Shri Nehru and his advisors such as Pannikar, Ceylon or Lanka was considered vital for the security of India it was always stated that this country fell within India s security perimeter a concept inherited from the British Raj of course. In the 1980s too this was foremost in the minds of the Indian establishment and their objective was to transform this country into a client state an objective pursued vigorously by their representatives such as Dixit. Unfortunately for them their best laid plans went astray because Prabhakaran had other ideas.
Principles have no place when even parochial interests are involved.
In this instance it is coalition politics. This country has become a victim of India s coalition politics. There is a message here for both Karunanidhi and Jayalalitha Prabhakaran who had his mentor Amirthalingam assassinated, would not think twice about assassinating the South India leaders if they cross his path by interfering with his plans. I have no doubt that Prabhakaran would not accept anything short of a separate state, after his long struggle and the thousands of young lives sacrificed for the cause. If India think she can live with such a situation, I wish that country well.