News Calling Ban on Buddhist Temples in North & East, a Fabricated Lie – Sumanthiran

A weekend newspaper has published a  completely incorrect  distorted statement supposed to have been made by Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP M. A. Sumanthiran. It was an attempt to anger the Buddhists community, he said.

Clarifying the news item,  M. A. Sumanthiran said that the reports alleging that he made a statement calling for prohibiting the establishing of Buddhist temples in the North and East are false.

According to the MP, the news report regarding this which was published on a weekend newspaper is completely incorrect and it was an attempt to anger the Buddhists community by It was a distorted statement which he made at an interview.

He had only stated that there is no point in establishing Buddhist temples in areas with no Buddhist community in response to a question of the media.

According to the statement issued by the MP today, he will instigate legal action against the said newspaper for creating conflict among the people by publishing false information.