Tamil Nadu leaders condemn demolition of Jaffna University war memorial
Sun Online Desk
12th January, 2021 09:31:56
Tamil Nadu leaders, cutting across the political spectrum, have strongly condemned the demolition of the Mullivaikkal memorial at Jaffna University campus in Sri Lanka.
Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Edappadi K Palaniswami took to Twitter to strongly condemn the demolition and said, The news that a monument erected at the Jaffna University campus in memory of university students and the general public who were mercilessly killed in the final phase of the war in Mullivaikkal, Sri Lanka, has been demolished overnight is shocking. I strongly condemn this monthly act of the Government of Sri Lanka which has caused great pain to the Tamils of the world and to the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jaffna who accompanied it, Palaniswami said in another tweet.
Education Minister G.L Peiris said that as a Government we want to resolve the Mullivaikkal War Memorial issue at Jaffna University peacefully and we are not ready to give any opportunity to those who are trying to fish in troubled waters. He was speaking at a press conference held at the Water's Edge in Colombo yesterday.
Tamil Nadu opposition parties including Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and MDMK staged a protest outside the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission at Nungambakkam
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Tamil Nadu opposition parties including Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and MDMK staged a protest outside the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission at Nungambakkam against the removal of a war memorial (commemorating the Mullivaikkal massacre of 2009), at the Jaffna University in Sri Lanka.
Tamil Nadu leaders have strongly condemned the demolition of the memorial. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami handled a Twitter message to strongly condemn the demolition and said, The news that a monument erected at the Jaffna University campus in memory of university students and the general public who were mercilessly killed in the final phase of the war in Mullivaikkal, Sri Lanka, has been demolished overnight is shocking.