The Hon. M.A.M. Thahir
M.A.M. Thahir raised concerns that Muslims had been excluded from senior public service positions and economically harmed, including through attacks on traders’ shops and past government policies. He urged the Minister to prevent further injustice, specifically citing the need to rehabilitate bunds and tanks to protect agriculture, and called for proper development of the area.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Please allow me one more minute.
¶ 02 For many years, members of our Muslim community served as Secretaries to Ministries—Education, Agriculture and Health among them. Today, Muslims have been removed from many positions. Our traders’ shops were burnt. Past governments took many actions that hurt our people economically. Now, by failing to rehabilitate bunds and tanks, it appears even our agriculture is being undermined. I respectfully urge the Hon. Minister: you came promising change—please avoid such injustices, develop our area properly, and lift our people and country to a higher place. Thank you.
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Cite as: The Hon. M.A.M. Thahir. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 12 March 2025. No. 1744106534050382. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/9521