COLOMBO: Sri Lankan film and television stars are all set to counter the anti-Sri Lankan agitation launched by their counterparts in Tamil Nadu.
Pro-government actor Ravindra Randeniya and leading ladies Malini Fonseka and Geetha Kumarasinghe told reporters here on Monday that the Sri Lankan film industry would hold a adishtaana puja at the Independence Square in Colombo on November 13. They would also collect signatures on an Open Letter to be sent to the artistes in Tamil Nadu with regard to the Tamils in Sri Lanka and the war-zone in the North.
“Our fellow countrymen suffered for over 25 years due to terrorism. The Sri Lankan security forces are engaged in humanitarian operations and they are trying to save Tamils, who are being used by the LTTE as human shields in the Wanni jungles.This is the correct picture and the Indian artistes must be told about it,” Randeniya said.
HUMAN CHAIN vs HUMAN WALL: The National Bikkhu Front (NBF) will counter “human chain” agitation, recenlty orga nised in Tamil Nadu in support of the Sri Lankan Tamils, with a “human wall.” The Maha Minis Pavura (The Great Human Wall) agitation would elicit the participation of Buddhist monks, students, professionals and the public, said Venerable Kalawelgala Chandraloka Thero, NBF president, here on Monday.
INDIA POKING ITS NOSE: Sri Lankan Minister for Law Reforms V Puthrisigamani told Parliament on Monday that India was “poking its nose” into Sri Lanka’s internal affairs by sending food and other relief materials to the Tamils in the war zone. On the Tamil Nadu Government’s stand, Puthrisigamani said it had no right to plead on behalf of the Sri Lankan Tamils because it had failed to provide basic facilities to them. He said the Tibetan refugees enjoyed concessions, but not those from Sri Lanka.