I’m disappointed with the NPP over the use of a song glorifying the LTTE during the election campaign to attract Tamil nationalist votes, only for it to now be disowned by the very Jaffna MP who shared it on social media, claiming it was not produced by the NPP.
If that is truly the case, then the authorities should investigate who created and circulated a song promoting a banned terrorist organisation, and those responsible must be held accountable.
What disappoints me even more is how people in the Northern and Eastern Provinces continue to be used during elections and then abandoned afterwards.
Throughout every election, we have always been honest with the people of the North and East about where we stand. We never played games or staged political drama. Whether it was the 13th Amendment, the release of innocent former LTTE cadres who were misled as youth, land issues, or development concerns, we stated our position clearly and truthfully, even when it was not politically convenient.
People may agree or disagree with our views, but at least they knew exactly where we stood.
Since 2009, I have consistently supported the development of the N/E Provinces, and my commitment to my brothers and sisters in the North and East will continue regardless of politics.
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Gujarat Titans: 55/3 after 8 overs.
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Bangladesh is seeking a more realistic agreement with the IMF not for politics, but to ease the burden on ordinary people facing today’s global realities. Sri Lanka must think about people’s welfare. Economic policy cannot become a waiting game where action comes only after shortages return, prices spiral further, and families are pushed to the edge. The responsibility of leadership is to protect people before suffering becomes unbearable. Act now, while there is still time to prevent deeper hardship.
The rupee is under tremendous pressure. And we don’t have clear answers nor plans.
Today, together with other party leaders, we met the Hon. Speaker and requested an urgent parliamentary debate on the prevailing crisis. The people deserve honesty, and immediate action before the situation gets worse.
Petrol is already back near crisis levels. The rupee has fallen 14% this year. Our IMF programme ends in March 2027 and the government has no plan for what comes next. Negotiate now while we still have something to negotiate with. Every crisis was negotiated after the reserves were gone, which always put Sri Lanka in the worst possible negotiating position, its best we work towards a successor programme immediately before there is a crisis.
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