Reviving the Spirit of Common Struggles in Sri Lanka
News 18Sri Lankans have fought for their freedom, rights and equal opportunities as citizens of a single nation since the time the country lost its independence in 1815. Former Chief Minister of Sri Lanka Northern Province, C V Vigneswaran, described it as “the best of times as there was a cordial relationship between the two communities”. Last Friday, during Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena’s visit to Jaffna, Tamil leaders hailing from the north engaged in cordial discussions on the ways and means of solving the problems in the province and accelerating the development of school and university education to provide employment opportunities for youths. The Government Service Clerical Services Union was headed by Alva Pillai, who was later succeeded by T. B. Illangarathne, who became a minister in Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike’s government together with Philip Gunawardena and William Silva. All the Tamil parliamentarians and the minister assured the prime minister of their unstinted support to speedily implement the development program, thus opening a new hope to keep the spirit of commonality alive.
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