 However, the EPDP's paramilitary activities are well documented.The paramilitary wing has been accused of helping the Sri Lankan Navy commit massacres in places like Allaipiddy


Devananda and the EPDP entered politics in 1994 when it contested the 1994 parliamentary election as an independent group in Jaffna District.Most of the district was under Tamil Tiger control and so did not vote, allowing the EPDP win nine parliamentary seats with just 10,744 votes, of which 9,944 votes came from the EPDP controlled Jafna islands.