TNA regards LTTE as sole representatives of Tamils

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian Chandrakanth Chandranehru told BBC Sandeshaya that the party does not condone any attack on the civilians.

"I myself would have been caught had I was there at the time of the blast," the MP whose parliamentarian father's assassination is still unresolved said.

Nugegoda blast

At least 17 people were killed and 37 who sustain injuries admitted to the hospital after the attack in Nugegoda junction, authorities said.

Intellectuals in Sri Lanka should get together, find the root cause of the problem and find a long lasting solution so that our children could live in harmony Chandrakanth Chandranehru, MP

An eyewitness told BBC's Elmo Fernando that a parcel left in front of a shopping complex exploded as fire fighters attempted to open it.

The blast occurred few hours after a suicide bomber struck outside the office of Social affairs Minister Douglas Devananada.

This kind of tit-for-tat attacks would not result in finding permanent peace in the island nation, the TNA legislator said.

Future generations

"As a politician I can't say straight away who carried out the attacks. I strongly condemn them whoever did it," Chandrakanth Chandranehru said.

	At least two people were killed in a suicide bomb blast

Sri Lanka's national question, he said, could not be resolved through armed conflict.

"Intellectuals in Sri Lanka should get together, find the root cause of the problem and find a long lasting solution so that our children could live in harmony," the parliamentarian told BBC Sinhala.com.

The TNA regards Tamil Tigers as sole representatives of Sri Lanka's Tamil community.