Tamil People's Council

Tamil People's Council is a diverse forum consisting of academics, religious leaders, members from the Civil society and political parties. It has been formed to promote Sri Lankan Tamil people's interests. It is headed by Northern Province Chief Minister C. V. Wigneswaran, Jaffna Teaching Hospital staff Dr. P. Lakshman and Batticaloa civil society secretary T. Vasantharajah.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Controversy

However, independent Tamil observers and critics have claimed it to be an attempt by Tamil nationalist politicians to oust moderate R.Sampanthan and M. A. Sumanthiran from the leadership of the Tamil National Alliance despite denial by Vigneswaran. Moderate Tamils have expressed fears that the actions of the TPC will result in another era of ethnic violence and the accommodative Sirisena government and its liberal Sinhalese supporters clamming up as extremist slogans failed to bring a meaningful solution to the Tamil question in the past and only resulted in destruction.^[8]

References

1. "New Tamil Group Not Alternative To TNA". The Sunday Leader. 27 December 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
2. "Tamil People's Council inaugurated in Jaffna". Tamil Guardian. 20 December 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
3. "TPC success depends on geopolitically addressing national question". Tamilnet. 25 December 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
4. "TPC to formulate preliminary report on Tamil outlook for political solution within 1 month". Tamilnet. 27 December 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
5. "Tamil Peoples Council (TPC) Launched in Jaffna". dbsjeyaraj.com. 20 December 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
6. "Wigneswaran chairs inauguration of Tamil People's Council". omlanka.net. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
7. "Northern crack widens". Arthur Wamanan. Nation. 26 December 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
8. "Ezhuga Tamizh' rally seen as jockeying for power in Tamil nationalistic politics irrespective of consequences".

External links

• Tamil People's Council official website