The day Nalanda’s dream became true!
Feb 04, 2016
MP Nalanda Sydney Ellawela, who was killed by a then MP in the opposition on 11 February 1997, said at the unveailing in Anuradhapura of the charter of the Sudu Nelum movement launched in the mid-1990s by the Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga regime, “If this racial war is ended one day and we, the Sinhalese, could join hands with the Tamil brothers and sing our national in their language too, it will be the best way of gaining reconciliation.”
His dream became true with one week to go for the 19th year after his murder.
That was due to the bold and great commitment by president Maithripala Sirisena and prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
It came in a dark background in which Sinhala and Tamil racists were exposing their fearful fangs and sneering at the nation.
While Tamil extremists ask as to what benefit Tamils would gain by the singing of the national anthem in Tamil, Sinhala extremists allege that was being done to appease India, Britain and the US, and that the same fate of the national anthem will befall the national flag and the state insignia too.
A certain racist website watched only the singing of the national anthem in Sinhala at the commencement of the national ceremony to mark Independence Day, and reported that the national anthem was not sung in Tamil. That was posted at 9.20 Sri Lanka time. But, it reported dejectedly at
11.26 am that the national anthem was sung in Tamil too.
This step taken by the president and the prime minister amidst numerous disruptions by Sinhala extremists who cry out for the blood of the Tamils and the Tamil racists, who would not be satisfied by anything short of Eelam, is commendable.
The most ironic thing in racism and extremism is that they do not know that they are separatists although they claim to raise a voice against separatism.
With India’s support, the Rajapaksa regime was expelled to deny an opportunity for international interference to pave the way for a separate state for Tamils. India will have to bear the harmful impacts, if a separate state is created within Sri Lanka. What Sinhala racists should know is that as long as India remains our neighbour, a separate state will not be possible in Sri Lanka. India very well understood the possibility of the creation of a separate state, with the United Nations mediation, within Sri Lanka, if the Rajapaksa regime continued for five mother years, gave leadership to the best response of toppling the Rajapaksa regime.
It is the incumbent prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe who had made a silent, but lasting and commendable contribution for the 2009 war victory by creating an internal rift in the LTTE through the 2002 peace accord. What Mahinda Rajapaksa did was to complete the final lap of a relay event and claim the trophy for himself.
According to our evaluations and reviews, the best separatist in Sri Lanka is Mahinda Rajapaksa. Dinesh Gunawardena, Wimal Weerawansa, Udaya Gammanpila, Muruttettuwe Ananda, Bengamuwe Nalaka, Medagoda Abhayatissa and the so-called intellectuals Gunadasa Amarasekara and Nalin de Silva serve on behalf of separatism. As we mentioned before, all these brand the moderates as supporters of separatism.
At today’s Independence Day celebration, foreign affairs minister Mangala Samaraweera and highways state minister, SLFP media spokesman Dilan Perera referred to the late Nalanda Ellawela’s dream 20 years ago.
Making a special statement to Lanka News Web regarding the new development, minister Dilan Perera said, “Today is a day all those who wish for true reconciliation could be happy. Had Nalanda been amongst us today, he would have been very happy. Hereafter, we will not go after racism to win votes. All of us should be immensely thankful to the president and the prime minister for this bold act.”
