{"id":48079,"date":"2016-08-26T20:28:41","date_gmt":"2016-08-27T00:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=48079"},"modified":"2016-08-26T20:28:48","modified_gmt":"2016-08-27T00:28:48","slug":"tamil-national-alliance-controlled-northern-provincial-council-is-obstructing-reconciliation-charges-upfa-national-list-mp-angajan-ramanathan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=48079","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Tamil National Alliance Controlled Northern Provincial Council is Obstructing Reconciliation &#8220;Charges UPFA National List MP Angajan Ramanathan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><br \/>\nby Dasun Edirisinghe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) controlled Northern Provincial Council would obstruct President Maithripala Sirisena\u2019s reconciliation programme by advancing its own agenda, UPFA MP Angajan Ramanathen alleges.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the weekly press briefing at the SLFP headquarters, he said the Buddhist temples could be in the Northern Province like kovils, mosques and churches situated all over the country.<\/p>\n<p>Answering a query that NPC\u2019s resolution banning the construction of Buddhist temples in the Northern Province, Ramanathen said it was TNA\u2019s stance and not that of the Tamils, but it certainly was an obstacle to reconciliation.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>He said former President Mahinda Rajapakasa\u2019s government had taken steps to re-connect the North and South by land.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now the hearts of the North and South are being connected by present President Sirisena\u2019s reconciliation programme,&#8221; Ramanathen said, adding people in the North had reposed their trust in the President.<\/p>\n<p>The Jaffna District MP said the NPC did not tolerate President Sirisena\u2019s good hearted overtures.<\/p>\n<p>He said people in the North had not engaged in political activities in the past out of fear, but now people in Jaffna and Kilinochchi Districts voluntarily came forward to contest the local government elections.<\/p>\n<p>Ramanathen said the development drive in the war-affected province had also been accelerated under new government.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will come for the 65th Convention of the SLFP with the northern people to strengthen the President\u2019s initiative on reconciliation,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\nCourtesy:The Island<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton48079\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D48079&amp;text=%26%238220%3BTamil%20National%20Alliance%20Controlled%20Northern%20Provincial%20Council%20is%20Obstructing%20Reconciliation...%20&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Dasun Edirisinghe The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) controlled Northern Provincial Council would obstruct President Maithripala Sirisena\u2019s reconciliation programme by advancing its own agenda, UPFA MP Angajan Ramanathen alleges. 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