"The LTTE made a severe blunder by withdrawing from the peace talks and had dug its own grave", he stated at the Professor Eliazer Memorial ceremony at the University of Monash last week.

“The LTTE could have exploited the opportunity it gained in winning the rights of the Tamils and establishing peace in the island. However, the outfit had blundered in everything and toppled the apple cart,” Dr. Maheswaran said.

Dr. Maheswaran also called upon Tamil expatriates to support the rehabilitation and the reconstruction process in the North and the East by coordinating with the Government.