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|name = Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front<br />
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|lang1 = Tamil<br />
|name_lang1 = ஈழ தேசிய ஜனநாய விடுதலை முன்னணி<br />
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|founder = G. Gnanasegeram (Paranthan Rajan)<br />
|leader1_title = Secretary<br />
|leader1_name = G. Gnanasegeram (Paranthan Rajan)<br />
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|founded = 1987<br />
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|split = [[Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front|EPRLF]], [[People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam|PLOTE]], [[Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization|TELO]]<br />
|predecessor = Three Stars<br />
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|headquarters = 315, Kandy Rd, [[Kilinochchi]]<br />
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|country = Sri Lanka<br />
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The '''Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front''' (ENDLF) is a former [[India]]n backed [[Tamil militant]] group in [[Sri Lanka]]. It was formed in 1987 as an amalgamation of splinter groups from other militant groups ([[Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front]], [[People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam]], [[Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=Sri Lanka|url=http://www.broadleft.org/lk.htm|publisher=Leftist Parties of the World|access-date=2010-07-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001203344/http://www.broadleft.org/lk.htm|archive-date=2011-10-01|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is currently a pro-government [[paramilitary]] group and political party. In August 2011 it was reported that the party is to be deregistered.<ref>{{cite web|title=LTTE party to be dissolved |url=http://dailymirror.lk/top-story/13139-ltte-party-to-be-dissolved-.html|publisher=[[Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)|Daily Mirror]]}}</ref><br />
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==Formation==<br />
Gnanapiragasam Gnanasekaran (alias Paranthan Rajan), a leading member of PLOTE, formed the ''Three Stars'' militant group with splinter groups of TELO and EPRLF after leaving PLOTE. In 1987, ''Three Stars'' merged with a PLOTE splinter group led by Jotheeswaran (alias Kannan) and an EPRLF splinter group led by [[Douglas Devananda]] to form the Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front. This was done with the support of the [[Research and Analysis Wing]], the Indian intelligence agency. Devananda left the ENDLF and formed the [[Eelam People's Democratic Party]] after the [[Indo-Sri Lanka Accord]] was signed.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}<br />
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==Politics==<br />
The ENDLF was very active during the [[Indian Peace Keeping Force]]'s occupation of north-east Sri Lanka between 1987 and 1990. It took part in the [[November 1988 Sri Lankan Provincial Council elections|1988 North Eastern provincial council election]] and the [[1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|1989 parliamentary election]]. When the IPKF withdrew in 1990 the ENDLF also retreated to India. Thereafter the ENDLF remained dormant until the 2004 defection of LTTE commander [[Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan|Karuna]]. Karuna joined the ENDLF and became its president. The ENDLF soon started taking a very anti-LTTE stance. Karuna has since left the ENDLF but the ENDLF remains a pro-government paramilitary group and political party.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}<br />
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==References==<br />
* {{cite news|last=DBS Jeyaraj|author-link=|title=Indian moves in the politics of Eelam|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/archive/20041226/issues-1.htm|newspaper=[[Sunday Leader]]|date=26 December 2004}}<br />
* {{cite news|title=RAW aiding paramilitary recruitment in India - report|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=18619|newspaper=[[TamilNet]]|date=25 June 2006}}<br />
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