Mar 21, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Marxist JVP yesterday warned that the breakaway rebel party TMVP also known as Karuna's party would use weapons to win the scheduled eastern province election and called for disarming the TMVP.

Speaking at a press conference JVP leader Somawansa Amarasinghe said that “the government should disarm the group as it was bound to use weapons to win the elections through coercion and intimidation.”

“If the government wants a free and fair poll, it should disarm the Pillayan group before holding the Provincial Council election in the East,” Mr. Amarasinghe said.

He said that there is a threat from the Wanni LTTE on the TMVP but the security forces were capable of providing sufficient security to the group. “Because of that there was no need for the TMVP to carry arms,” he added.