India’s direct military intervention
India’s direct military intervention
The Indian government was shocked to see that all its plans had been thwarted, and the LTTE were gaining control. The Indian government could not accept that the Sinhalese army was being broken, and Tamileelam was gradually coming under the control of the LTTE. Realizing that the political, diplomatic maneuvers and intrigues it had carried out for four years had yielded no results, India concluded that direct military intervention was the only way out.
New Delhi also predicted that the Sinhalese fox, who had been shaken by the pressure of the LTTE’s armed struggle, would not resist Indian military intervention. Jayewardene, who was confident that the Indian army would destroy the LTTE, crush the Tamils’ freedom struggle, and achieve this feat without sacrificing the Sinhalese army, decided to submit to Indian domination.
On July 29, 1987, the Rajiv-JR agreement was signed. This agreement, which had India’s global interests as its main objective, also received the blessings of the American and Russian powers. The Indian Parliament and the Indian press praised the agreement as a diplomatic victory of historic importance. All Tamil organizations, from the alliance to the agreement, praised the agreement. Only the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam opposed the agreement. They dared to stand in conflict with the Indian power for the welfare of the Tamil people, for the autonomy of the Tamil people, and for the dignity of the Tamil people.
(Translation by Tamilpriya)
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