Government on conspiracy to disturb university students� education - Mano Ganeshan
Monday , 21 January 2013
Mahinda government has still not forsaken the activities of torturing the university students by describing them as terrorists, by branding tigers. Government sector is still using words that the Jaffna university students are “continuously serving detention”.
Monday , 21 January 2013
Mahinda government has still not forsaken the activities of torturing the university students by describing them as terrorists, by branding tigers. Government sector is still using words that the Jaffna university students are “continuously serving detention”.
President Mahinda, Defense Secretary Gottabaya, Jaffna Commanding Chief Hathurusinghe and Higher Education Minister S.P are in the initiatives of transforming military method to the university education activities in the north and their aim is to disturb the functions.
Such allegations were made by Democratic People’s Front Leader Mano Ganeshan.
If Jaffna university students maintain links with diaspora tiger supporters, and if their probes are proved, the rehabilitation will continue other than they will not get released.
Further it is refrained to commemorate and lighting lamps at the university to the terrorist Velupillai Pirabakaran who destroyed the people of this country and devastated the properties.
Hence the four Jaffna university students who were in the forefront for this were arrested and are now investigated was said by Higher Education Minister S.P.Dissanayake at a media conference held in Colombo.
Mano Ganeshan further mentioned to "Udayan" print media said, the Jaffna University students were arrested by Terrorism Prevention police and later President Mahinda Rajapakse gave me an assurance.
That is, “this is the students issue and would be handed over to the Higher Education Minister and shortly a settlement will be met” was the assurance given to me by President.
At the time President made it clear to me, Higher Education Minister S.P.Dissanayake was not in the country. After he returned to the country, we expected the students’ issue will be discussed.
However this issue was immediately taken over by Jaffna district military Commanding Chief Mahinda Hathurusinghe.
Hathurusinghe called the Jaffna university society informed that the detained students are still in the contemplation of Pirabakaran and they have acquired tiger trainings and there is no possibility for the students release was the sneering statements given by him.
Defense Secretary Gottabaya notified that the Jaffna university students who are detained are maintaining links with international tiger supporters, and he can prove it with evidence, hence the students release will be scrutinized, only after rehabilitation.
In the first week of this month Higher Education Minister S.P.Dissanayake gave a statement to the BBC said, before Thai Pongal, the detained Jaffna university students will be released.
But later we were aware that his opinion was his own decision. After S.P made this statement, the government sector was under severe review, which we are apparent.
To withdraw his statement, a media briefing was conducted in Colombo and Higher Education Minister S.P.Dissanayake spoke whatever came to his mouth.
This clearly establish that President Mahinda, Defense Secretary Gottabaya, Jaffna Commanding Chief Hathurusinghe and Higher Education Minister S.P the four, are in the aim of disturbing the university education activities in the north and south.
[TamilNet, Saturday, 19 January 2013, 18:13 GMT]
The All India Students Federation (AISF), a wing of the Communist Party of India (CPI), in its national conference held in Mumbai on Saturday, unanimously resolved in condemning the Sri Lankan military detention of the Jaffna university student activists and in demanding their immediate release. The AISF urged the Indian government to intervene and facilitate the immediate release of the Jaffna students. The AISF also called upon the SL government to withdraw its armed forces from educational institutions and urged the Government of India to prevail upon the Sri Lankan government against stationing its armed forces in schools and educational institutions.
While thankfully appreciating the show of solidarity by the All India Students Federation, student circles in Jaffna cited that the rule of the genocidal Sinhala military in the country of Eezham Tamils has now gone to the extent of the occupying military personnel in uniform teaching Sinhala to Tamil school children in Vanni.
The Jaffna students also cited at certain misrepresentations in the AISF resolution, such as that the Tamil students were observing the Kaarthikai festival of lights but the SL military charged them for paying tribute to fallen LTTE fighters.
The Jaffna University students indeed democratically and silently observed the Heroes Day, collectively remembering the Tamil liberation fighters laid down their lives for the cause. They made no pretention about it and in their opinion it is their right to remember the dead. The Kaarthikai festival this time coincided with the Heroes Day and the occupying SL military banned even temple rituals.
If the students in India have difficulty in understanding our situation in its right perspective, which others we could look upon, asked Jaffna University student circles.
Indian students federation stands with Jaffna students, urges withdrawal of SL military
[TamilNet, Saturday, 19 January 2013, 18:13 GMT]
The All India Students Federation (AISF), a wing of the Communist Party of India (CPI), in its national conference held in Mumbai on Saturday, unanimously resolved in condemning the Sri Lankan military detention of the Jaffna university student activists and in demanding their immediate release. The AISF urged the Indian government to intervene and facilitate the immediate release of the Jaffna students. The AISF also called upon the SL government to withdraw its armed forces from educational institutions and urged the Government of India to prevail upon the Sri Lankan government against stationing its armed forces in schools and educational institutions. While thankfully appreciating the show of solidarity by the All India Students Federation, student circles in Jaffna cited that the rule of the genocidal Sinhala military in the country of Eezham Tamils has now gone to the extent of the occupying military personnel in uniform teaching Sinhala to Tamil school children in Vanni.
The Jaffna students also cited at certain misrepresentations in the AISF resolution, such as that the Tamil students were observing the Kaarthikai festival of lights but the SL military charged them for paying tribute to fallen LTTE fighters.
The Jaffna University students indeed democratically and silently observed the Heroes Day, collectively remembering the Tamil liberation fighters laid down their lives for the cause. They made no pretention about it and in their opinion it is their right to remember the dead. The Kaarthikai festival this time coincided with the Heroes Day and the occupying SL military banned even temple rituals.
If the students in India have difficulty in understanding our situation in its right perspective, which others we could look upon, asked Jaffna University student circles.
