The Hon. Muneer Mulaffer - Deputy Minister of National Integration
The Deputy Minister raised a point of order concerning the recent hartal and the Sainthamaruthu issue. He stated that the hartal was held under the slogan “North and East are the Tamil homeland” and noted that the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress had supported it, while adding that discussions were ongoing with relevant parties regarding the Sainthamaruthu mosque matter.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Sir, I rise to a point of order.
¶ 02 Hon. Presiding Member, regarding the recent hartal and the issue at Sainthamaruthu: the hartal was held under the slogan “North and East are the Tamil homeland.” Unfortunately, the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress also expressed support for it. I wish to place this on record. As for the Sainthamaruthu mosque matter, we are engaged in discussions with the relevant parties.
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