Discussing his autobiography, Gen. Singh has also said that during IPKF operations in Sri Lanka, Indian forces got several opportunities to nab LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran but every time there were "instructions", which ensured him a safe passage.

Dr. Jayatilake has told BBC Sandeshaya that politicians and extremist forces in Taml Nadu had forced the centre to send peackeepers to the island.

While showing interest in Sri Lanka’s unitary status, New Delhi contradictorily aided Tamil Eelam guerrilla movements, he said.

Commenting on Gen. Singh’s claim that the Indian Army ‘went there for peace keeping but got entangled in the war’, he said that that particular strategic move by the then president J.R. Jayewardene was not a failure for Sri Lanka.

Dr. Jayatileke noted that the introduction and the establishment of the provincial councils system as a means of decentralizing powers came about as a result of the Indo-Lanka accord.