Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan (
nom de guerre:
Colonel Karuna Amman;
Tamil: விநாயகமூர்த்தி முரளிதரன், born 1966) is a
Sri Lankan politician and former militant. After fighting for the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam for over 20 years, he rose to prominence as the leader of the
Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP), a breakaway faction of the LTTE.
After giving up arms and entering politics, he was appointed as a National List Member of Parliament for the ruling
United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA), the party of President
Mahinda Rajapakse,
[1] in 2008 and sworn in as Minister of National Integration
[2] on March 9, 2009. He later joined the
Sri Lanka Freedom Party, the largest party in the UPFA, and on April 24, 2009 he appointed a Vice President of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Gune Pons