Harthal In Support of Satyagraha in North & East on Thursday

Satyagraha  is being  staged   for different reasons. The Kilinochchi  Satyagraha is over missing persons,  which  entered the 65th day today (25).  Another Satyagraha demanding a solution to the land issue in Pannankandi, Kilinochchi continues for the 35th day today.  A Satyagraha demanding the repealing of the gazette notification issued regarding the Wilpattu reserve has continuing for the past several days. The Satyagraha over missing persons in Vavuniya entered day 61 today. Further,  the protest movement launched by unemployed undergraduates in the Eastern Province is continuing for the 63rd day in Batticaloa.

A large-scale harthal based on the collective of these issues  covering North and East  is planned to be carried out on Thursday (27).

Tamil People’s Forum (TPF), Tamil national Alliance (TNA) and the All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) are expected to participate.  Although it has been reported that the harthal is being organized by the Tamil People’s Forum led by Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran, it is not so but they are only supporting the movement and that they are not organizing it.

ACMC leader Minister Rishad Bathiudeen said, that his party has also decided to support the harthal movement and that they would give their support without any hesitation as there are many issues which can be agreed on. He claims that the harthal is being organized by the TNA. However, TNA parliamentarian M.A. Sumanthiran said that the harthal planned for April 27 is not being organized by the party although they will support it.