The TNA, which for decades had a monopoly over the politics of the North is currently under pressure from within its own polity. Those who were left were forced to cringe before the AK-47-toting LTTE and recognise it as the “sole representative of the Tamils” in Sri Lanka. Has not the new generation of TNA legislators heard the saying “those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it”. The bulk of it has been by the much slandered Government of Sri Lanka. Or is this just the TNA bluffing its own people – and whipping up communal fervour in the rest of the country?

Source: Sunday Times March 30, 2019 19:07 UTC