Mr. Rajapaksa has said Mr. Ganeshan does not need security

Western Peoples Front (WPF) parliamentarian Mano Ganeshan said President Mahinda Rajapaksa's younger brother is trying to portray him as a Tamil Tiger.

"I am a member of the Sri Lankan state. I am not supporting the idea of a separate state for Tamils," he told BBC Sandeshaya.

Ganeshan 'LTTE supporter'

The Colombo district legislator was referring to Defence Secretary's comments to media where he accused MP Ganeshan of being an LTTE supporter.

I am a member of the Sri Lankan state. I am not supporting the idea of a separate state for Tamils Mano Ganeshan, MP

Mr. Ganeshan does not need state security, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has said, as his life will only be in danger if he goes against the Tamil Tigers.

"That is utter nonsense," he told BBC Sinhala.com.

"The government is angry over my human rights campaigning and they want me to join the government as other Tamil leaders".

Human rights campaign

Rajapaksa government, he added, has failed to identify the difference between the government and the state.

	Mr. Ganeshan fled the country after MP Raviraj was killed

Senior Tamil leaders, Arumugam Thondman and P Chandrasekaran, are cabinet ministers of Rajapaksa administration.

Mano Ganeshan who is the convenor of Civil Monitoring Committee (CMC) has vigorously campaigned against the killings, abductions and other human rights violations of allegedly by the security forces.

He was forced to temporarily leave Sri Lanka after the killing of popular Tamil MP, Nadaraja Raviraj, in Colombo in late 2006.

The government is angry over my human rights campaigning and they want me to join the government as other Tamil leaders Mano Ganeshan, MP

His campaigning was honoured by international community as well : The United States selected him as the runner up for the annual US human rights award.

Sri Lanka's Court of Appeal ordered police chief, Victor Perera, on Wednesday to reinstate his security contingent.

The IGP was ordered to report and file objections, if any, on the ruling on 07 February.