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Posted on July 6th, 2021
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Colombo, July 6 (newsin.asia): A five member Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) delegation led by Mano Ganeshan Member of Parliament called on the Indian High Commissioner Gopal Baglay on July 6, at India House. TPA Members of Parliament Radhakrishnan, Udhaya Kumar, Velu Kumar along with TPA General Secretary Chandra Schaffer were present during the meeting. The High Commissioner was assisted by Deputy High Commissioner, Vinod K Jacob and Political Counsellor, Banu Prakash.
The nearly two hour long meeting saw discussions on issues of mutual interest and contemporary relevance that also affected the Indian Origin Tamil community of Sri Lanka.
Controversial Chinese project in Colombo threatens to deepen Sinhala-Tamil divide
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The Bill was placed on the order paper of Parliament during the Sinhala and Tamil New Year break, leaving anyone who wished to challenge the constitutionality of the Bill with barely two days’ time to do so, according to critics.
Agencies Experts on Sri Lankan affairs told ET that there is historic evidence of discrimination against the minority Tamil community, beginning with the ‘Sinhala Only Act’ of 1956.
A signboard outside a prominent park in Colombo Port City a Chinese project in Sri Lanka is threatening to deepen the Sinhala-Tamil divide in the island nation. It says ‘Central Park’ in Sinhala, English and Mandarin, but not in Tamil the country’s second official language. Several well-known Tamilians in the country have reacted strongly to Tamil being dropped from the signboard and even questioned the inclusion of Mandarin text.
Sri Lankan Tamil leaders wish Stalin on victory
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As the DMK’s victory in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections became clear on Sunday, Sri Lanka’s Tamil leaders and parliamentarians took to Twitter to wish party president and chief ministerial candidate M.K. Stalin.
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA), representing the Tamils in Sri Lanka’s north and east, said: “Congratulations to @arivalayam #DMK and @mkstalin on a decisive win in the #Tamil Nadu legislative assembly polls,” in a tweet attributed to spokesman and Jaffna parliamentarian M.A. Sumanthiran.
Sri Lanka s Tamil parties congratulate DMK leader M K Stalin on poll victory
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Send Sri Lankaâs Tamil political parties on Sunday congratulated DMK supremo M K Stalin, who led the opposition alliance in Tamil Nadu, on his party s win in the assembly polls.
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Stalin, who is set to be the next Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for the first time, expressed his heartfelt thanks to all the people of the state for mandating his party to govern Tamil Nadu for the sixth time. Our heartfelt congratulations to the DMK leader MK Stalin main Tamil party TNA spokesman MA Sumanthiran tweeted.Â