UPF delegation meets Indian MPs
By Yohan Perera
The Upcountry Peoples Front (UPF) leader Minister P. Chandrasekaran who met the visiting Indian MPs yesterday called on India to play a role in setting up a power sharing unit integrating the Central, Uva, and Sabragamuwa Provinces where there is a high population of plantation workers.
He made this point when a delegation of UPF members met the visiting Indian MPs yesterday..
The UPF delegation also called on India to set up a separate university for the estate people in Nuwara Eliya and get the Sri Lankan Government to recognize the Upcountry Tamils as a Sri Lankan community,
They also demanded setting up of District and village Divisions on the basis of ethnic ratio in the plantation areas.
The UPF also called on India to work towards infrastructure development in the plantation areas.
Minister Chandrasekeran informed the Indian MPs that despite the destruction of the LTTE, Tamil aspirations were not fulfilled. He said since the downfall of the LTTE there was a vacuum in the leadership voicing Tamil rights.
The UPF delegation told their Indian counterparts all obstacles should be cleared to help displaced Tamils back to their own lands and live freely
The Indian delegation assured the delegation they would forward the proposals to the central government of India through the Tamil Nadu government.
UPF sources said they were confident India would work towards fulfilling the aspirations of the Tamil people.
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