A group of rehabilitated ex-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) members formed a new political party with the hope of contesting the General Elections, reports Daily Mirroron February 25. The party's media spokesperson M. A. Yogeshwaran said that the party which had been registered as ‘The Vanni Tamil People Union’ included 13 ex-LTTE members. Many youths from universities and professionals including engineers and doctors have obtained membership of this party.