Pro-LTTE TNA and Extremists Opposed to Religious Coexistence in North and East
Pro-LTTE Tamil terrorist political party, TNA and Tamil extremists vigorously opposed to religious harmony in Northern and Eastern two provinces. Following several number of violence against the Sinhala Buddhists, Buddhist temples, and Buddhist worships places in North and East the most recent incident has occurred in Kilinochchiya of the Northern province of Sri Lanka with the support of Chief Minister of NPC, an extremist, Vingeshwaran.
TNA lead Tamil extremist mobs has staged destructive obstruction and protest for the recent rehabilitation and repair works carrying out of the Buddhist Temple in Kanakaampika at Iranamaduwa. The historical Buddhist temples was severely damaged by the LTTE Tamil terrorists supported by the TNA during the LTTE terrorism period in North.
Last week, a Buddhist Temple in Asirimalaya in Pasikuda of Trincomalee of Eastern Province was damaged by Extremist Muslims.
However, the US State Department’s International Religious Freedom Report concerned on the Sinhala Buddhists sentiment in Sri Lanka where over 78% of the population are Buddhists. The one sided US report said that the Buddhist monks continued to operate with Government protection, and some monks, particularly outside Colombo.
In the recent past, since the new government taken over the office in 2015, the attacks and discriminations on Sinhala Buddhists are going in systematical manner. The Minister of Buddhism stated that Sri Lanka is not a Sinhala Buddhist country while Prime Minister who is widely unpopular as anti-Sinhala Buddhists, Ranil Wickramasignhe confirmed the same at an Islamic Conference in Indonesia recently. Further, former president, Chandrika Bandaranayke whose farther is a converted Buddhist to gain political advantages and her late husband is a Christian, stated publicly that she wanted to destroy the Sinhala Buddhists fundamentals and majoritism in Sri Lanka. Currently, she is running a government sponsored office for so called Reconciliation to reach her sinister move.
Further, many obstructions and violence have been initiated by Yahapalana government partners, pro-LTTE Tamil terrorist political party TNA in Northern and Eastern two provinces by obstructing development of Buddhist temples and Buddhist worships places. Recently, extremist Tamils with the patronage of NPC members destroy a Buddhist worship place in Trincomalee, Northern Province.
The Government has not taken any effective measures to protect such Buddhists places; contrary the pro-minority government are trying to dilute the foremost position of Buddhism in Sri Lanka by constitutionally.
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