Members of the Shiv Sena organisation pledged to resolve the long-standing Thaiyiddy Vihara land dispute within six months, during a press conference in Jaffna last week.
Representatives of the Hindu fundamentalist group asserted that the land rightfully belongs to the Tamil people and stated their commitment to engaging in discussions with the legitimate owners of the area where Sinhala Buddhist temple has been built by the Sri Lankan military.
The organisation announced its intention to hold talks with the chief monks of the Vihara and other Sinhala Buddhist religious leaders in an effort to reach a peaceful resolution to the issue.
They claimed that they would need at least six months to resolve the matter and in the meantime urged for a halt to other attempts, hinting that protests against the illegally constructed vihara should end.
The Hindu organisation held another private meeting with Sinhala Buddhist monks at the site of another controversial vihara last year, but little was done to stop the ongoing colonisation efforts.
In January, members of Shiv Sena went to Kurunthurmalai to meet with Sinhala monks, in what locals feared may be an attempt to ward off international condemnation of Sinhalisation in the Tamil homeland. Nothing came about from the meeting and the colonisation by the Sri Lankan state has continued unabated.
Tamils have repeatedly raised concerns over state-backed land grabs and Sinhalisation efforts.
