Tamileela Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) (தமிழீழ மக்கள் விடுதலைப்புலிகள், Tamileela Peoples Liberation Tigers) is an unregistered political party and paramilitary group formed in 2004 by break-away LTTE Military Head of Batticaloa district V. Muralitharan (Colonel Karuna). Karuna led a split in LTTE in 2003, breaking away a chunk of the organization in the eastern part of Sri Lanka and adding another organization to the long-running Sri Lankan civil war. The president of TMVP is Colonel Karuna and the general secretary G.E. Gnanarajah. The group is believed to be working with the Sri Lankan army . They have been actively recruiting children to combat the LTTE and have committed many human rights violations.
