TheEelam National Democratic Liberation Front (ENDLF) was a formerIndian-backedTamil militant group inSri 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).^[1] It later became a pro-governmentparamilitary group and political party. In August 2011, the party was deregistered.^[2]

Gnanapiragasam Gnanasekaran (alias Paranthan Rajan), a leading member of the PLOTE, formed theThree Stars militant group with splinter groups of the TELO and EPRLF after leaving the PLOTE. In 1987,Three Stars merged with a PLOTE splinter group led by Jotheeswaran (alias Kannan) and an EPRLF splinter group led byDouglas Devananda to form the Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front. This was done with the support of theResearch and Analysis Wing, the Indian intelligence agency. Devananda left the ENDLF and formed theEelam People's Democratic Party after theIndo-Sri Lanka Accord was signed.^{[citation needed]}

The ENDLF was very active during theIndian Peace Keeping Force's occupation of northeast Sri Lanka between 1987 and 1990. It took part in the1988 North Eastern provincial council election and the1989 parliamentary election. When the IPKF withdrew from Sri Lanka in 1990, the ENDLF also retreated to India. The ENDLF remained dormant until the defection of LTTE commanderKaruna in 2004. Karuna joined the ENDLF and became its president, and the ENDLF soon took a strongly anti-LTTE stance. Karuna has since left the ENDLF but the ENDLF remained a pro-government paramilitary group and political party until its deregistration.^{[citation needed]}

• DBS Jeyaraj (26 December 2004)."Indian moves in the politics of Eelam".Sunday Leader.
• "RAW aiding paramilitary recruitment in India - report".TamilNet. 25 June 2006.

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