Rajiv unwittingly sent IPKF into SriLanka after the tacit understanding with Prabhakaran broke. It was a case of a giant Elephant-India toeing the line of an Ant - Srilanka.
The poor planning and unimginative initiative cost several Indian Soldier's their life. The Congress GOvt at Centre and DMK at the state at that time was NOT even ready to provide a hero's welcome when the troops landed in Rameshwaram.
Congress and its weak minority Vote bank politics is the ONLY reason for ALL of India's maladies.!!!!!!