The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) party demanded the government launch an inquiry into alleged “racist and separatist elements of the” Tamil National Alliance who have been protesting against the building of Buddha statues in the Tamil North-East.
JHU National Organiser and Media Spokesman Nishantha Sri Warnasinghe told reporters in Colombo that protests against the building of Buddhist places of worship “should be inquired into”. “A large number of Kovils and Cristian churches are also being built in the North and East.,” he said. “We must ensure rights of the Sinhalese in the North and East.”
“The government is keeping mum about these developments in the North and East,” claimed Mr Warnasinghe. “However, this will result in denial of rights of the Sinhala speaking people in the North and East. All rights enjoyed by the Tamils in the N and E should also be given to the Sinhalese as well.”
“These racist and separatist Tamil forces have not changed,” he concluded.
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