LTTE denies Sonia on its hitlist

A day after Government alerted various states to be on guard for a possible LTTE attack on Congress President Sonia Gandhi during the election campaign, an LTTE spokesman denied the report.
In a letter to CNN-IBN, political head of the LTTE, Nadesan, wrote, "All these are part of the malicious propaganda intended to divert the plight of the sufferings of the Tamil civilians and their quest for self determination. Forces that are determined to dent the affinity between Eelam Tamils and the great people of India continuously labour to break that bond by in putting out these kind of baseless fictions. There is absolutely no threat whatsoever from us to neither Ms. Sonia Gandhi nor her children."On Wednesday, the Home Ministry, acting on "specific intelligence inputs", wrote to the police chiefs of all states, asking them to tighten security at Sonia Gandhi's rallies.
Chidambaram also wrote to 40 senior politicians, asking them to be careful about their security during campaigning.
In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN on Wednesday, he said the road shows of some leaders may even have to be cancelled.