Lankan MP wants LTTE ban lifted

A Tamil MP from Sri Lanka on Saturday appealed to India to lift the ban on the LTTE in India.
"India should recognise the struggle by the LTTE as well as the Tamils for a separate homeland. As a first step towards that, the ban on the outfit in India should go as it portrays them as terrorists," said M K Sivajilingam of the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organisation .
When asked about the LTTE's alleged role in the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, he said, "We have apologised a number of times to India on behalf of the Tamils of Sri Lanka," he said.