Uthayan Editor trying to fulfill petty political objectives - Murugesu

Ridma Dissanayake and Rakshana Shriyantha

Uthayan Editor who has been publishing news and editorials arousing communal hatred continuously, has published another article on May 2. It says that Minister G. L. Peiris said that other countries need not interfere in the internal affairs of Sri Lanka.

If the government does not want interference, they should create reconciliation. Sinhala leaders are responsible for racial conflict in the country after Independence. In other words, these three races set Sinhala leaders against each other. The government should grant equal rights to all and uphold their identity, the Uthayan article said.

Then all will feel that this is their country. This will pave way for reconciliation and keep foreign countries away from internal affairs of Sri Lanka, it added.

"If we see things crossed eyed, then everything will seem wrong," said Northern Province Parliamentarian Murugesu Chandrakumar commenting on the article. President Mahinda Rajapaksa is the only leader who follows most effective and practical ways to solve the conflict.

He initiated the Trilingual Programme and allocated huge sums of money to establish language training centres islandwide to grant equal rights for all, he said.

Everyone knows this including Uthayan Editor. But they are working to fufill petty political objectives, he added.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa is the only President who attends project meetings islandwide and gives directions to speed up development projects essential for the public, he said. "President Rajapaksa attended progress review meetings in Jaffna, Kilinochchi and Vavuniya and took immediate measures to solve problems of farmers by speaking to directly to officers on the telephone. As Sri Lankans, we are blessed to have such an efficient leadership to lead the country towards development," MP Murugesu said.