{"id":66910,"date":"2019-12-28T02:05:06","date_gmt":"2019-12-28T07:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=66910"},"modified":"2019-12-28T03:05:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-28T08:05:23","slug":"tamil-nadu-political-party-leaders-mk-stalin-dmk-and-dr-s-ramadoss-pmk-strongly-criticise-sri-lankan-govt-of-president-gotabaya-rajapaksa-for-stopping-the-singing-of-national-anthem-in-tamil-at-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=66910","title":{"rendered":"Tamil Nadu Political Party Leaders MK Stalin (DMK) and Dr.S.Ramadoss (PMK) Strongly Criticise Sri Lankan Govt of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa for Stopping the Singing of National Anthem in Tamil at Independence Day Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By<\/p>\n<p>M Manikandan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tamil Nadu\u2019s major opposition party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and BJP\u2019s ally Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) on Friday attacked the newly-elected Sri Lankan government under President Gottabaya Rajapaksa for suspending the playing of National Anthem of the island nation in Tamil on its Independence day in February.<\/p>\n<p>DMK president MK Stalin hit out at the Sri Lankan government\u2019s decision of mandating singing national anthem only in Sinhala saying this move had disappointed him. \u201cDisappointed and concerned to hear that the Sri Lankan Government has decided only to sing the national anthem in Sinhala for their Independence Day,\u201d Stalin said in a tweet. \u201cSuch majoritarianism will only further exclude Tamils in Sri Lanka,\u201d his tweet further reads.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>He demanded the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and external affairs minister S Jaishankar to look into this issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI urge Prime Minister Modi and external affairs minister S Jaishankar to intervene in this immediately,\u201d Stalin urged in the tweet.<\/p>\n<p>PMK founder S Ramadoss in a statement said, \u201cGottabaya Rajapaksa\u2019s government had declared that Tamil National Anthem of Sri Lanka would not be played in the upcoming Sri Lankan Independence Day on February 4, 2020. This is against 13th amendment of Sri Lanka\u2019s constitution framed to give powers to Tamils and Tamil language as per India-Sri Lanka agreement,\u201d Ramadoss noted.<\/p>\n<p>Krishna Moorthy, Sri Lankan Deputy Commissioner for South India was unavailable for comment on the issue.<\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy:Hindustan Times<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton66910\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D66910&amp;text=Tamil%20Nadu%20Political%20Party%20Leaders%20MK%20Stalin%20%28DMK%29%20and%20Dr.S.Ramadoss%20%28PMK%29%20Strongly%20Criticise%20Sri%20Lankan%20Govt...%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 M Manikandan Tamil Nadu\u2019s major opposition party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and BJP\u2019s ally Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) on Friday attacked the newly-elected Sri Lankan government under President Gottabaya Rajapaksa for suspending the playing of National Anthem of the island nation in Tamil on its Independence day in February. 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