Chennai, January 27: The Union Home Ministry today told the Madras High Court that MDMK general secretary Vaiko is not an aggrieved person to challenge a tribunal’s order confirming a central government’s notification extending ban on the LTTE.
In its counter to his petition, the Centre said Vaiko had no locus standi to appear before the tribunal or to seek intervention. Unless the petitioner proved with supporting evidence to demonstrate that he was an aggrieved person, his writ petition was not maintainable, it was contended.
The Centre objected to the petitioner’s claim that the LTTE’s objective was not for establishing an independent sovereign state for all Tamils living in the entire world but only for Tamils in Sri Lanka and therefore there was no threat to India’s sovereignty.
“Vaiko is neither an office-bearer nor an LTTE member.
He is not the organisation’s spokesman,” the Centre said in its affidavit.
–Agencies