The leader of the Tamil National Alliance stressed that the construction of Buddha statues across the North-East was adding to ethnic tensions in the region, in a meeting with the Sri Lankan prime minister last week.
Meeting with Ranil Wickremasinghe, TNA leader R Sampanthan said that construction of Buddhist places of worship, alongside the resettlement of Sinhala people in the North-East, was causing panic amongst Tamils and his party “strongly condemns all such acts”.
Whilst the TNA welcomes the resettlement of Sinhala people in the North-East, “any deliberate action being done to change the ratio of ethnic population, will only be detrimental to the reconciliation efforts” said a press release after the meeting.
Mr Wickremasinghe responded by stating “immediate action” will be taken, according to the press release.
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