JVP gets phobia again

Chaminda PERERA

Media Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena yesterday refuted the JVP allegation that India is trying to exploit mineral deposits in Pulmudai under the pretext of setting up a mobile hospital for IDPs there.

The Minister categorically denied such a move by India and said the JVP was having the same phobia when the IPKF came to Sri Lanka.

"It is the JVP's nature throughout its history to arrive at preconclusions. This fear psychosis existed when the IPKF came to Sri Lanka too, the Minister said.

The Minister also said TMVP leader Vinayargamoorthi Muralitharan's entry to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party invalidates the Opposition's view that minorities are not welcomed in the UPFA.

The Opposition charged the Government of being unable to accommodate representation from the minority communities. The TMVP Leader's entry to the SLFP with more than 3000 supporters is an unique event which debunked this view, the Minister said.