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The Northern Provincial Council (NPC) agriculture minister, P. Ayngaranesan, education minister T. Kurukularasa, and TNA MP S. Sritharan joined arranged a tree planting ceremony in Varani on Thursday, in the memory of LTTE cadre who had given their lives for the Tamil struggle.
"The tombs of those fought for us have been destroyed, and today the Sri Lankan army is stepping on those places," NPC minister Ayngaranesan told Uthayan.
"As we are not able to go there to pay our respects, today we are planting trees in remembrance. Each tree planted in remembrance of the dead are living shrines."
"The Liberation Tigers or other cadres may appear as terrorist in the eyes of the Sri Lankan government, but they are our blood."
"The Military is very cautious to ensure no one hold remembrance activities for those who sacrificed their lives for us. The government or the army does not seem to understand that you never remove memories from people’s hearts by destroying shrines, or by banning remembrance events."
NPC members P. Kajatheepan. V. Sivayogan, S. Sukirthan, Chavakachcheri regional council leader, C. Thurairasa and Valikaamam North regional council leader, S. Sajeevan, as well as members of the public, attended the event.