JHU WANTS BAN ON TRAVEL TO TN AND VICE - VERSA

The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) yesterday said that Sri Lanka should enforce a travel ban on persons travelling to Tamil Nadu (TN) while also banning TN citizens from entering Sri Lanka following the attack on the Sri Lankan Buddhist Monks in TN recently.

JHU General Secretary and Minister of Technology, Research and Atomic Energy, Champika Ranawaka, addressing a press conference yesterday in Colombo, said that an anti-Sri Lankan campaign had be-

We condemn these attacks that are taking place in TN against Sri Lankans

gun in India with attacks against Sri Lankans there that had the blessings and support of the Indian government and with the knowledge of the opposition.

“We condemn these attacks that are taking place in TN against Sri Lankans. India is violating their own foreign policies that they adopted soon after they gained independence. Among them were; respect the independence of other nations, not to invade other nations, not interfere in the internal affairs of other nations, while implementing equality and peaceful co-inhabitance. But today India has violated those policies. So Indian politicians are responsible for the terrorist activities that took place in Sri Lanka in the past,” Ranawaka said.

“This is an act that goes against the dignity and self-respect of Sri Lankans.