Politicians from all major Tamil parties commemorated Maaveerar Naal across the North-East amidst a military crackdown by the Sri Lankan state. 

See the various commemorations that took place across the homeland by politicians below.

ITAK leader Maavai Senathirajah in Kankesanthurai

TMTK leader C V Vigneswaran

TNPF leader Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam in Jaffna

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TNPF MP Selvarajah Kajendren in Batticaloa

TNA MP Shanakiya Rasamanickam in Batticaloa

TNA MP Sivagnanam Shritharan in Kilinochchi

TNA MP Charles Nirmalanathan in Wellawatte, Colombo

TNA MP Thavarasa Kalaiyarasan in Amparai

Former NPC Chairman CVK Sivagnanam in Jaffna

Former MP MK Sivajilingam in Valvettithurai 

Former NPC member A Puvaneswaran in Mullaitivu

Former MP Ariyam Pakkiyaselvam in Batticaloa

Jaffna Municipal Council Member Varatharajah Partheepan

Chairman of Valikamam East Predeshiya Saba

Thamil Thesiya Vazhvurimai Iyakkam in Mannar

Earlier this week, TNA MP M A Sumanthiran paid his respects to the LTTE’s Captain Pandithar at the fighter's family home. "Even in the remembrance of the dead there is discrimination against the Tamils in Sri Lanka," Sumanthiran said in parliament earlier this month.

The TNA’s Selvam Adaikalanathan paid tribute to martyred Tamil fighters during an address in parliament earlier this week.

The TNA's Shritharan also addressed parliament and spoke on the importance of Maaveerar Naal.

TNPF MPs Ponnambalam and Kajendran also paid tribute to Tamil martyrs during separate speeches they gave in Sri Lanka’s parliament. The party also paid tribute to the LTTE's Major Sothiya earlier in the week.

Earlier in the week, Kajendran was confronted by the Sri Lankan security forces as he and others helped clean a destroyed LTTE cemetery.  Kajendran responded to the interrogations by stating that “it is this police force and this government that massacred these people”. “You expect us to get your permission to commemorate the people you killed,” he added.