Reminding LTTE supremo Vellupillai Prabhakaran that New Delhi is interested in the well-being of Tamils, a senior ethnic Tamil leader has asked the Tiger leader to give up his demand for a separate state and agree to the proposal of an interim administration in north Sri Lanka.

“Please take my advice and give up your demand for separation. Agree to a reasonable solution based on the Indian model, for which the international community will give you full backing,” Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) President V Anandasangaree said in a letter to 53-year-old Prabhakaran.

Prabhakaran should agree to the proposal to fully implement the 13th amendment to the Sri Lankan constitution providing for provincial councils in the North and the East, Anandasangaree said.

He said though the 13th amendment in itself does not fully meet the aspiration and grievances of the Tamil-speaking minorities in the island country, Prabhakharan’s approval will at least will create an atmosphere to find a reasonable and acceptable solution to the ethnic strife.

PASSES AWAY

Colombo, pti: ‘Colonel’ Thawa, the personal photographer of LTTE supremo Vellupillai Prabhakaran has died, reports said on Wednesday.

Thawa known to be one of the closest confidant of the Tiger leader joined the Tamil Tigers in 1985 and served rebel group for 23 years.Tiger political head B Nadesan has mourned the death of Thawa.

The reports said Thawa along with two other LTTE cadres died.