Dock workers at one of Sri Lanka’s main container ports have called for a boycott of cargo shipped from neighbouring India in response to the anti-Colombo protests continue to take place in Tamil Nadu.
The workers, who were all affiliated with the ruling party, staged the protest at Colombo harbour, demanding that the government retaliate to calls, by Tamil Nadu politicians, for trade sanctions against Sri Lanka.
Speaking to the Associate Free Press, a union spokesperson, Nalin Apsono, told reporters,
“There is an anti-Sri Lanka campaign in Tamil Nadu, we want the port to stop handling cargo from south Indian ports.”
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