Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama explaining the recent developments in Tamil Nadu said the recent activities there did not reflect the policies of New Delhi. He explained that in yesterday's incident at Rameswaram involving persons from the film industry, although the demonstrators had shouted pro LTTE slogans including making a hero of Prabhakaran, the police had intervened to prevent the LTTE flag being raised.
This showed that although there were pro LTTE politics in Tamil Nadu, the official position was different. The IDPs in Sri Lanka were been used as a tool to putting pressure on New Delhi. The message of New Delhi has been that it stands for the rights of the Tamil people and against the LTTE.