LTTE

Context: On Tuesday, the ban on the LTTE was extended by five more years by the Union Home Ministry. This decision was made due to the LTTE\'s role in fostering a separatist tendency among the masses, enhancing its support base in the country, particularly in Tamil Nadu, and threatening the territorial integrity of India.

About LTTE:

LTTE Establishment	Founded in 1976 by Velupillai Prabhakaran with the aim of establishing an independent Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka.
Insurgency Beginnings	Launched a full-scale nationalist insurgency in the early 1980s in the north and east of Sri Lanka, engaging in terrorist attacks against military and civilian targets
India\'s Involvement	India initially provided support to the LTTE guerrillas and later sent the Indian Peacekeeping Force (IPKF) to Sri Lanka from 1987 to 1990.
Suicide Bombing Innovation	.Pioneered suicide bombing as a tactic of terror.
Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi	In 1991, an LTTE suicide bomber killed Rajiv Gandhi in an attack on Indian soil.
Ban History	India first banned the LTTE after the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. The ban was last extended for five years in 2014.

Topic	Details
LTTE\'s Base	The LTTE is an association based in Sri Lanka.
Support in India	The LTTE has supporters, sympathisers, and agents in India.
Government\'s Opinion	The Central government believes the LTTE is still engaging in activities prejudicial to India\'s integrity and security
Post-2009 Activities	Despite military defeat in May 2009, the LTTE continues to support the concept of Eelam and engages in fundraising and propaganda activities
Efforts to Regroup	Remnant LTTE leaders or cadres are trying to regroup scattered activists and resurrect the outfit locally and internationally.
Separatist Tendencies	Pro-LTTE groups in India, especially in Tamil Nadu, foster separatist tendencies and enhance support for the LTTE, threatening India\'s territorial integrity.
Objective of LTTE	The LTTE\'s objective of creating Tamil Eelam amounts to cession and secession from India, falling under unlawful activities
Anti-India Propaganda	LTTE sympathisers abroad spread anti-India propaganda, blaming India for the LTTE\'s defeat and fostering hatred towards the central government and the Indian Constitution.

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