Karunanidhi poem for slain LTTE leader Thamilselvan

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New Delhi: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Karunanidhi in an open display of his pro- Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leanings penned a poem in memory of the slain Tamil Tiger political wing leader S P Thamilselvan.
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“You had the strength of meeting the opposition with a smiling face. You had the strength of the Himalayas at a very young age and was moulded by Balasingam (LTTE's late political ideologue). Selva where have you gone?” the poem reads in memory of the slain guerrilla.


Now this could prove to be an embarrassment for the Congress, the DMK being an ally of the party at the Centre.


Thamilselvan was killed along with five other rebel leaders by Sri Lankan Air Force bombing raid early on Friday.


Meanwhile, Tamil Tigers' elusive supreme V Prabhakaran appointed P Nadesan, who had been a delegate to earlier peace talks between the rebels and the government, as the new political head of the outfit.

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Condolence poetry by Kalaignar Karunanidhi
English translation: TamilNet

Young, young, yet a heart of
Himalayan strength, strength!

A commander seasoned in the line
of the old lion Balasingam

The virtuous youth whom with determination
offered himself to the War for Rights -
his soul hasn't gone extinguished
he hasn't gone brotherless

A beloved son who wrote his fame
all over the earth, wherever Tamils live -
where have you gone