Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal
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Tamil Peoples Liberation Tigers
தமிழ் மக்கள் விடுதலைப்புலிகள் |
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| Leader | Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan |
| Secretary | E. S. Kaileswararajah |
| Founder | Karuna Amman |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Split from | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam |
| Preceded by | Karuna Group |
| Headquarters | 2 Anderawatta Road, Polhengoda, Colombo 05 |
| National affiliation | United People's Freedom Alliance |
| Election symbol | |
| Boat | |
Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) (Tamil: தமிழ் மக்கள் விடுதலைப்புலிகள், English: Tamil Peoples Liberation Tigers), previously known as the "Karuna Group", is a political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed by Karuna Amman, a former leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, after he defected from the organization in 2004. Initially a paramilitary group that helped the Sri Lankan Government fight the Tamil Tigers, the TMVP was registered as a political party in 2007. Under deputy leader Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, they contested their first provincial elections in 2008, winning a majority in the Eastern Provincial Council. Members of the TMVP continue to carry arms under the auspices of the Sri Lankan government, which they claim is for their own safety from the Tamil Tigers, who carry out repeated attacks against them. The group is believed to be working with the Sri Lankan army. They have been accused of human rights violation by local and international human rights organization.
The break-up between the LTTE and the Batticaloa-based Karuna group occurred in March 2004. Karuna and others felt that Prabhakaran had become a dictator of a state that used Northern Tamils to oppress the Eastern Tamils and that Eastern Tamils were not given due recognition for "laying down their lives in disproportionate numbers for the northern leadership". Together with Indian-based Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front, TVMP has formed Tamileela Iykkiya Viduthalai Munnani as a united front. The purported aim and the motive of the party are to safeguard the rights of Tamils within the Eastern Province.
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