We condemn racism in Jaffna University – Inter university federation

Jul 17, 2016

The inter university students federation said a group is planing to start racism taking advantage of the conflict happened in a function held at the science faculty of the Jaffna University. They said the answer for the conflict between the Sinhala and Tamil students is not racism but they condemn this conflict with utter disgust that some factions are trying to instigate racism through this. The convener of the organization Lahiru Weerasekara announced this issuing a statement.

He said he don’t approve the conflict which started regarding of using cultural events for the function held in the science faculty. He said it is disgusting that few people trying to achieve their narrow political gains by instigating racism.

 

The student’s federation stressed at a time when all the Sinhala, Tamil and Muslims are facing a situation of losing their rights, by creating such conflicts the rulers can able to fulfill their narrow political gains, prevent finding solutions to common conflicts and bury the common problems from the society.