Demographic genocide of Trincomalee cannot be stopped unless the two-nation reality in the island is recognised. Tomorrow even Jaffna will have the fate of Trincomalee, warned S. Varatharajan, the main candidate of Tamil National Peoples Front (TNPF) for the Jaffna District. Based on official census, the economic teacher came out with a graphic presentation showing how the percentage of Tamils dropped in Trincomalee district from 66 to 33 percent and the percentage of Sinhalese went up from 3 to 33 percent, even before 1981. “This is why we advocate a confederacy of two nations as a solution,” he said.
“Even Suresh Premachandran accepted that solution model was the reason for dissension in the TNA,” Varatharajan said asking what is the point in now talking of saving Trincomalee through the old line of politics when they could not do it 30 years back.
The diagrams presented by Mr. Varatharajan follow:
S Varatharajan
The diagrams presented by Mr. Varatharajan follow:
