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"She accused the key persons in the government establishment and said, ‘they must take the full responsibility for Karuna’s failures and they are allowing him to walk on the wrong path’. ‘He is now behaving like King Nero fiddling his tune in his final phase’ she angrily retorted."
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(July 23, London, Sri Lanka Guardian) Wife of Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan, the National Integration Minister and a former Tamil Tiger military commander also known as Col. Karuna, in an exclusive interview to our special correspondent in London, accused her husband is determinedly betraying the Tamil people and their leadership.
Muralitharan’s wife Vidyavathy and three children have immigrated to Britain few years ago and they are now living in Scotland after having claimed refugee status. She spoke to our correspondent for more than four hours on the telephone and we are unable to publish the verbatim of the recorded interview in order to maintain media ethics.
‘There is no doubt that he has forgotten all his basic responsibilities and he now claims he is the leader of Tamil Community. ‘Even I am unable to talk about some issues relating to the family as he has really messed it up’ said Vidyavathy. Vidyavathy was a former senior member of Tamil Tigers’ women wing.
‘We had sincere objective when we broke away from the LTTE with more than 6,000 rebels, but now he has become a yes man and a puppet of the government for selfish reasons’ she added.
She accused the key persons in the government establishment and said, ‘they must take the full responsibility for Karuna’s failures and they are allowing him to walk on the wrong path’. ‘He is now behaving like King Nero fiddling his tune in his final phase’ she angrily retorted.
This is the first time Col Karuna’s wife has spoken to the media. It was clear Karuna’s wife was very angry and frustrated that her husband is behaving in an appalling manner with the state provided rewards. She further said, ‘I gave one month notice for him to put everything right, otherwise, I will reveal all the secrets of what happened and what is happening publicly.’
Meanwhile, a source in the Ministry of National Integration said, ‘the Minister is planning to undertake an international tour with some of his personal friends to meet the Tamil Diaspora.’
When enquired further, the senior aide of Minister Karuna said, ‘The Government has sanctioned funds for the forthcoming visit to Europe with his close associates.’
Allocation of funds for his European tour comes at the time scandals after scandals of financial irregularities are revealed. Sources close to Karuna said that the Minister has avoided paying salaries to his staff and some of them fear to leave his ministry due to possible retribution from him.
Col. Karuna is betraying the Tamil Community – Wife Vidyavathy Muralitharan
