Forum of Tamil parties formed

Tamil political party and civil organization leaders met in Colombo on July 2 and formed the Forum of Tamil Parties. The formation of this organization is in furtherance of the consensus arrived at by representatives of Tamil political parties and Tamil political party circles that met in Colombo on June 24.

It was decided at this discussion for all Tamil political parties to work together as to what course of action they need to resort to in the future for the betterment of the Tamil people, having taken into consideration the political atmosphere. A decision was also arrived to invite other political parties that could not participate at this discussion and absorbing other parties to this forum so that all could work in unison to materialize the objective.

The discussion also focused on Tamil people’s problems face in the contemporary political situation. The forum decided to appoint a committee through which to present a work plan for achieving the objectives of the forum leading to solving Tamil people’s problems at present. The committee comprising R Surendran, R Ragavan, AC Kaileswararaj, T Sridharan, M Chandrakumar, Perinpanayagam, T Sivajilingam, M Kumaragurabaran and Sherin Xavier, was entrusted to draw up the work plan and present it to the forum on July 7.

Tamil United Liberation Front Leader V Anandasangari, Chelvanayagam Chandrahasan and Perinpanayagam of OPER Organization, Varatharajaperumal of EPRLF, (Pathmanabha Group) its Secretary T Sridharan, PLOT leader Dharmalingam Siddharthan and its members Sathananthan and Ragavan, Tamil National Liberation Front Leader T Sivajilingam, AC Kaileswararaj representing TMVP, Eastern Provincial Council Member T Prasanthan, TELO Leader Uthayan, G Surendran of Democratic People’s Party, Secretary Nalliah Kumaragurubaran and Western Provincial Council Member, Sherin Xavier and Mekala, representing civil organization, EPDP Leader Douglas Devananda, M Chandrakumar MP and Deputy Chairman of Parliamentary Committee, Silvestri Alandin Uthayan MP and EPDP International Organizer Miththiran participated in the discussion.

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Western Provincial Council Member, Sherin Xavier and Mekala, representing civil organization, EPDP Leader Douglas Devananda, M Chandrakumar MP and Deputy Chairman of Parliamentary Committee, Silvestri Alandin Uthayan MP and EPDP International Organizer Miththiran participated in the discussion.