The chief minister of the Northern province, C V Wigneswaran reiterated the Tamil people's demand for autonomy and self-rule at an event of the Office for National Unity & Reconciliation in Jaffna on Thursday.
"Give us autonomy [and] let us rule ourselves," Mr Wigneswaran told the event, which was presided by Sri Lanka's former president, Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga.
"The government must give us this," he stressed.
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