Following are excerpts of the interview:ITAK Batticaloa District MP Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran RasamanickamMany have viewed the Pottuvil to Polikandy #P2P protest walk as a media fiasco in light of the upcoming UNHRC sessions. On the demand of releasing Tamil political prisoners, is there a specific group of people that you are looking at getting released? Discussions with Tamil political parties are not something that this Government is interested in. Do the Tamil political parties have any dialogue or agreement with the Muslim political parties in demanding solutions for issues faced by the Tamil-speaking people? Later, the North East Tamils were split as North and East.

Source: The Nation February 13, 2021 23:26 UTC