Hartal in Batticaloa over demarcation

Friday, 18 January 2013 17:31

A hartal was carried out in certain areas of the Batticaloa District over a proposed move to cluster certain Tamil villages with existing Muslim villages when demarcating local government wards.

Villagers in Vakarai, Kiran, Koralaipattu, and the Oddamavadi divisions are reported to come under this proposed cluster.

The protestors urged the Public Administration and Home Affairs Ministry to abandon the plan and to continue with the existing demarcation.
Meanwhile, at Sandiveli and Eravur an unidentified gang had reportedly stoned CTB buses which did not take part in the hartal.

Two buses from the Rideethanna and Valachchenai depots were damaged and two civilians injured as a result of the stoning.(M. Shukri and A.H.A. Hussain)

Comments

-104+39 # Abdul Hasan 2013-01-18 18:46

Muslims always supported this government unlike others. Government should go ahead with the plan ignoring these LTTE mouth pieces .

-0+4 # mail_guy 2013-01-21 08:58

Abdul please stop publishing racism comments

-88+31 # ampare son 2013-01-18 19:11

we should help to muslim people.

-0+2 # krish 2013-01-18 21:21

Just because muslims supported this government don't think u can cluster the tamil villages in to muslim villages ,its totally wrong,its human right violation. and remeber such acts only make people to take weapons and rebel.

-39+31 # Dinoman 2013-01-19 08:29

our good Tahmbi brothers always create problems with a hidden hand

-19+48 # nicky karunarathna 2013-01-19 08:40

Why they call Tamil Villages and Muslim villages in this 21st century? I don't get it. People of SL should live wherever they wish without any ethnic boundries. That's it.

-4+47 # ela malli 2013-01-19 13:18

Why call Sri Lanka a buddhist country...the only reason Sri Lanka cannot be a Singapore is because of Racism and Third Grade Politicians

-5+16 # Countryman 2013-01-19 14:18

Exactly, this is the need of the hour.

-2+0 # roshini 2013-01-21 09:33

well said NK. I've heard of Tamil villages and muslim villages but no sinhala or burgher villages. There's something wrong somewhere.....

-18+58 # Ranga 2013-01-19 09:38

Muslims support the party in power for their own benefits. Not because of love for the country.

-28+15 # Muslim 2013-01-19 13:23

How do u know that ranga? Wait- you are 19 and think you understand eveything? Muslim congress does not represent all muslim in Sri Lanka..Just like Hela Urumaya doesn't represent all buddhists..although u sound as if u support the hela urumaya

-11+16 # FaisalS 2013-01-19 18:25

How many Muslims joined the army to fight the LTTE? But they expected and wanted all the security from the army.

-2+1 # roshini 2013-01-21 09:41

you are right Faisal - I knew few muslims who laid down their lives for this country....and we are great full to them, the many sinhalese and tamils who fought against the dreadful terrorists...

-16+42 # common man 2013-01-19 09:59

Well said Ranga..Very soon sinhalese people will realize..

-20+18 # Muslim 2013-01-19 13:21

I am more Sri Lankan than you will ever be - even if I am a Muslim. That's because I hae no racism in me..unlike you who co's problems in Sri Lanka

-5+9 # FaisalS 2013-01-20 12:41

Sharia, hijab, arabic is NOT Sri Lankan.

-1+3 # tia 2013-01-21 10:27

So then only the amudey is Sri Lankan? I guess we should all start wearing that then to be true Sri Lankans, whatever that means...

-0+1 # @faisalS 2013-01-21 11:04

It was this same phobia that escalated into war in the past. so in reality in the only thing that is not Srilankan are Racists such as your self who try to stem the development of this country by inciting communal hatred. remember the time you used to ponder this racial mambo jumbo could have been used to incite peace and harmony between the community and develop OUR country. so wise up

-7+14 # HKS 2013-01-19 13:19

CONSTRUCT AN INTERNATIONAL PORT, AND A CRICKET STADIUM IM BATTICALO IMMEDIATELY TO SOLVE THIS "SINNA PROBLEM"!!

-0+9 # Poor Citzen 2013-01-20 11:40

Our lives are shortened day by day. Still we develop racism as if we gonna live here for ever. Now I feel that the death is a reasonable factor.

-0+3 # ravi 2013-01-21 09:22

What happen in Maharagama on Friday is there and Muslim or Tamil shop in habanthota.

-0+0 # Poor Citzen 2013-01-22 17:33

It was an evil act conducted by the racists. Pure Buddhists will never do such things, or Buddhism never preaches such corrupt acts rather. This country belongs to everyone (Sinhalese, Tamils, Muslim, Christians etc.) as long as they are born and bread here. No worries bro, Racism will not survive much longer.

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