Leader of the breakaway 'Karuna faction', Vinayagamoorthi Muralidaran, alias 'Colonel Karuna' has been “nominated” as a Member of Parliament from the quota of the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Timeline of events under "TMVP" issue
President Rajapakse's United People's Freedom Alliance, running in a coalition with the breakaway LTTE faction known as the TMVP (formerly 'Karuna faction'), wins control of the Eastern Provincial government.
The Thamil Makkal Vidudal Puligal (TMVP) party wins 72 of 101 seats on nine local councils, the first elections in Eastern Sri Lanka for 14 years. For the municipal council of Batticaloa, the TMVP - contesting the elections under the banner of the ruling United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) - secured 11 of its 19 seats after obtaining 53.77 percent of the 26,331 valid votes.
The Supreme Court dismisses a petition seeking postponement of elections to the local bodies in Batticaloa.
The ruling UPFA coalition sign an agreement with the TMVP (formerly the Karuna Faction - now known as the Pillaiyan Faction) to contest the local government elections in the Eastern Province together.
According to a Home Office statement, British police and immigration officials arrested Karuna Amman following a joint operation between Britain's new Border and Immigration Agency and London police.
Britain’s Keith Vaz, Labour MP, leads a parliamentary group to look into the Sri Lankan conflict situation and suggest what more could be done to restart the peace process.
In a report to the Security Council, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon has - for the first time - recommended "targeted measures" against the LTTE and the Karuna faction due to the groups’ continued refusal to completely cease the recruitment of children.
Allan Rock, the U.N. special representative for children and armed conflict on Sri Lanka, announces that a section of the Government forces has been actively aiding and abetting the Karuna faction in recruiting child soldiers to fight the LTTE.
8 people are shot dead in a suburb of Colombo. The LTTE claims that they were top aides of Karuna, whom they accuse of working with the army - a charge the military denied.
LTTE's eastern commander, known as 'Colonel Karuna', leads a split in the LTTE movement and goes underground with his supporters.
