Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday said that Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi should accept the invitation of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to visit Jaffna and Wanni and appeal to the LTTE to release civilians, the Hindu reported today.

In a release, he said that since Mr. Karunanidhi often talked about Tamils being killed, it was necessary for him to accept the invitation to free them.