Mahindra Rajapaksa fears LTTE revival in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO: Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is mounting a political comeback, has expressed fears that the separatist Tamil Tigers could regroup and revive terrorism in the country.

"We are glad that terrorists are no more. But I have a suspicion that we may return to see terrorism," Rajapaksa said.

"We don't want to see that happening we want everyone to live in peace and harmony," he told a religious gathering in the north central town of Anuradhapura yesterday.

Rajapaksa, who led the Sri Lankan forces in the bloody victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE) in 2009, plans to contest parliamentary polls in another bid to return to power.

He first won in 2005.